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April 16, 2009

March 26, 2009 "A Road to Peace" [] For this USSR propaganda, I believe they were using the 'Pinpointing the Enemy' propaganda technique. The USSR was showing America as the enemy for using nuclear weapons while America claims to be trying to achieve peace. As the picture shows a runway strip saying 'A Road to Peace' while an American figure, perhaps Uncle Sam, the President, or someone else, is walking down the white strip tied to nuclear weapons. This promotes that America is depending upon nuclear force to become the 'big, bad country' that will works its way up in power. In fear, the USSR made this propaganda to make their people think of the USA as 'the enemy' since America seems hypocritical to say they want peace, but then they work on advancing their nuclear weapons.



[] Although this is only one piece of the very long comic about America vs. the USSR, the intentions of this American propaganda is still quite clear. For this piece, I believe the propaganda technique used are 'Pinpointing the enemy' and Simplification. By comparing the American ways of life and the government (more examples are shown in the link from the rest of the comic), this piece of propaganda is getting Americans to recognize the USSR's government as the bad guys. Simplifying main concepts of the extreme differences between the USA and the USSR promotes the idea of the USA (good) vs. the USSR (evil). This propaganda is shedding light on the American way so that Americans believe they have the best lives while Communism in the USSR is like a hell on earth. After seeing this whole comic, it is clear that Americans will automatically be disgusted with Stalin's Communism government in the USSR and this will lead to Americans to want to learn more about the horrible things the USSR has done to its own people. After this comic and then any extra research a reader may do, the anger and hate towards the USSR will only double in America. This piece was dedicated to making Americans hate and despise the USSR and COmmunism and it's more than likely that this comic achieved its goal.

[] In this modern day American propaganda, strong anti-Bush views are strongly shown through Plain Folks and Simplification propaganda techniques. Of course, we all know of the famous Wikipedia, in which anyone can contribute information to the website. This little joke of how Bush is changing information on the Iraq War is one way to try to convince the public that they should agree with the propagandist that one, Bush is an idiot, and two, that Bush is trying to sugarcoat information about the Iraq War. Also, it hints at Simplification propaganda because the propagandist is trying to simplify the many factors of the Iraq War to make Bush look like a complete idiot and the 'bad guy.' This piece shows how Bush is trying to cover up things and have the media restrain from showing the complete truth of the circumstances in Iraq. The propagandist is trying to get people to agree with his view that Bush isn't the brightest bulb on the tree, nor is he the best at covering up the truth. Everyone knows that the media isn't telling America the full story of the situation in Iraq and this cartoon propaganda shows that Bush is trying to cover-up the Iraq War with 'and they all lived happily ever after,' which everyone knows is BS since it's way to messed up in Iraq for a 'happy ending.' By sugarcoating stories of Iraq, American citizens are being neglected from the truth.