Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Propaganda

Propaganda

...uses all the tricks we have learned to convince the audience of what they should know better than to believe.

review our Sender-Message-Audience paradigm


We shall be using this site from George Mason University this site and this site as our  foundation sources


Seven Types of Propaganda
  • Name Calling
  • Glittering Generalities
  • Transfer
  • Testimonial
  • Plain Folks
  • Card Stacking
  • Band Wagon
 Also divided thus into three of eight (yeah yeah, I know...)

Word games


  • Name-calling
  • Glittering generalities
  • Euphemisms 
  •  
    False connection 


  • Transfer 
  • Testimonial 
  •  
    Special Appeals


  • Plain Folks
  • Bandwagon
  • Fear


  • Consider in terms of our work on the language of Global climate destabilization, and what our good friend Mr. Chomsky has to say. Digital version here

    Wednesday, 2 December 2015

    Perilous Paris

    Watch the two linked videos.

    You each have a chosen country upon which to focus.
    Find and annotate the nation's position paper on the Paris conference.
    Find and annotate two articles regarding your nation and it's position on climate change.
    Choose your articles from different sources.

    Choose from...
    NY TIMES
    Washington Post
    Economist
    Independent
    Guardian
    BBC?

    again

    After the incident......

    Meursault changes......

    He becomes aware of others, and their responses to him.

    10-12 examples.

    Organise into an outline.

    Write the paper.

    Also....

    All Meursaulting completed.