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Week 12 Homework

Week 12 Homework

Q Respond to the following short-answer prompts. Each response should be a minimum of one paragraph. 1. List three historical events that have relied on propaganda. 2. Provide three examples of cultural messages that the media sends. 3. The media has become an ever-increasing part of modern life. How do you think the media and its messages have affected you personally? 4. Consider the media theories discussed in this chapter. Which ones do you find the most convincing and why? Which ones do you find least convincing?

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Propaganda means the use of mass media to persuade people into something. The use of propaganda in this persuasion is both good and bad, so one cannot say anything about its effect. There were many events in the history of the United States that were heavily relied upon the use of propaganda to persuade people. American Revolution was the event where newspaper and pamphlet played the important role. They hyped the sacrifices made by people in Lexington and Concord and celebrated the victory of George Washington’s Army.