communist propaganda presentation

Communist

Propaganda

Siir Tecirlioglu

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1984

George Orwell

The Presentation will include:

• communist propaganda • Propaganda in the Soviet Union • Propaganda in the People’s Republic

of China.

Propaganda Techniques

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General Communist Propaganda• propaganda aimed to advance:– the ideology of communism,– communist worldview,– the interests of the communist

movement.

• Definition of the Bolsheviks:“an opposition to bourgeoisie propaganda which is the manipulation of the masses in interests of certain group”

What are the functions of

Communist propaganda?

• Creation of the link of the Communist party with the workers• Incorporation of socialism into worker movements• Unification and organization of national divisions of the

movements of the workers• Expression of public opinion of the workers• Spreading opposition to the bourgeoisie propaganda• Spreading the ideas of a communist state

How does it work?

Use of Marxist ideology

Polarized values

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language usage

Impact on the

audience

People’s Republic of China• The term propaganda is used to refer to the organized

dissemination of information, including ordinary messages to promote the public good.

• Censorship and active cultivation of views that favor the government

• CCP Propaganda Department• Publicity Department of the Communist Party of

China • Mao era• Modern era• Online spin doctors

Mitter, Rana (2003). Nicholas J. Cull, David Colbert, and David Welch. ed. Entry on "China" in Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present. ABC-ClIO. pp. 73–77.

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Exam

ples

"The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954 [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #270, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/270 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner

"“Protect the great results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #271, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/271 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner"“Studying for the mother country, 1986” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #272, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/272 (accessed November

30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner

• Propaganda in the Soviet Union was extensively based on the Marxism-Leninism ideology to promote the Communist Party.

• Glavlit• Children: Red Riding Hood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaXgeJjeiaA

• Girl No. 217• DuringWorld War II• Themes: new man, class enemy, new

society, peace-loving, extermination, anti-religious, anti-german, anti-fascist, nationalism, against the U.S.Soviet Union

Examples

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Sources• http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/big/1217.jpg • http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/small/s0527.jpg • Anthony Rhodes, Propaganda: The art of persuasion: World War II, p219

1976, Chelsea House Publishers, New York• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_and_Kolkhoz_Woman • Richard Overy, The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia, p258• "The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954 [Poster]," in Children and

Youth in History, Item #270, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/270 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner

• "“Protect the great results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #271, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/271 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner

• "“Studying for the mother country, 1986” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #272, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/272 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner

• Mitter, Rana (2003). Nicholas J. Cull, David Colbert, and David Welch. ed. Entry on "China" in Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present. ABC-ClIO. pp. 73–77

• http://mason.gmu.edu/~amcdonal/Propaganda%20Techniques.html • http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/case-studies/269 _Republic_of_China

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_Department_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China

• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/stalinism-the-use-of-propaganda-by-joseph-stalin.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Soviet_Union

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_propaganda • http://englishrussia.com/2009/07/01/the-greatest-propa

ganda-journal-of-the-ussr/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_People's THANK YOU!