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media type="custom" key="3857389"1.) Propaganda used in the U.S. during the Cold War: During the Cold War, propaganda was used by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union. They used it to ensure that the people of their country would hate the enemy and support the government. Propaganda was used in movies, books, comics, and was also taught in school. America used propaganda in HollyWood. Movies such as Jet Pilot (1957),The Commies are coming, the Commies are coming (1957), Red Dawn (1984), and many others are Anti-communist, cold war films.These films explained the benefit of capitalism and described what people could do to preserve the American way of life. Simplification is the type of propaganda used in these movies. In these movies they have complex situations that have a choice involving good and evil. I think people made these films to persuade the American Public to go against USSR and be more unified in the U.S.

2.) Propaganda used in the USSR during the Cold War: The USSR used posters as propaganda against the U.S. in the Cold War. In this poster, Uncle Sam is in a ring of nuclear bomb switches. The loudspeaker is saying that the "Soviet Union offers to stop nuclear weapon tests." The type of propaganda used in this poster is "pinpointing the enemy." This type presents one specific group as the enemy. Although there are many other factors involved in the cold war, the subject is urged to view the the situation in terms of right and wrong. (With the U.S. being wrong) The USSR used these posters to turn their population against the U.S. during the Cold War. These posters only gave their public one sided facts.



3.) Propoganda that can be found in today's Society: Propaganda is found in society today in advertising as well as many other ways. Cigarette companies use propaganda to persuade their customers to buy them. They leave out the harmful effects of cigarets and use beautiful people to portray their product. Card Stacking is the type of Propaganda used in this ad. This ad only presents positive information to the public about cigarets. It leaves out important information. Card Stacking as a form of cigaret ads does its job by persuading the public very well.