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Government Propaganda
Governments communicate biased information to the public through documentaries. With its content, the government can reinforce the positive image in the public. Hence, the government can represent an alternative reality to the public. [1]For example,
A propaganda film’s purpose could be reversed as well. The American wartime film, “The Battle of San Pietro”, directed by John Huston in 1945, displayed explicit content of the war. It potentially spreads fear to the public. Hence, this film was not released to the public. However, pacifists recognise the film’s graphical content about the battle, which led them to promote their ideas to society. [1]
Propaganda in Advertising[edit]
Advertising itself is a form of propaganda, which encourages the public to purchase a certain service or goods to face a common problem in the society. The problem is often exaggerated to increase the public’s awareness to that issue.[2] For example, “The House in the Middle”, made in 1954, which is in the Cold War Era. Its content aims to persuade the public to paint their houses with reflective white paint to protect themselves from atomic bombing. The film is sponsored by the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau and the Federal Civil Defense Administration.[3] However, the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau is actually the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, which is the investor for house paints. Thus, National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association attempts to boost sales of paints through this propaganda.[4]
- ^ a b Aufderheide, Patricia (2008). Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction. NY, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 73–78. ISBN 0195182707.
- ^ "Introduction: Advertising as Propaganda", Endless Propaganda, University of Toronto Press, pp. 1–16, 2000-01-31, ISBN 978-1-4426-7445-5, retrieved 2019-12-03
- ^ [archive.org/details/Houseint1954. ""House in the Middle." Internet Archive, 1954,"]. Archive.org.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mashon, Mike (March 10 2015). [blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2015/03/the-cold-war-meets-commerce-the-houses-in-the-middle/ "The Cold War Meets Commerce: The House(s) in the Middle"].
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