What is this song about? (subject matter)
I think this song is about the war in Iraq and how it seems like no one cares about, all people care about is celebrities.
What is the theme of this song?
They want us to think about how shallow our country is, and how all of our news doesn't have any importance. We are oblivious to important things going on in the world because we could care less about them.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Race for the Prize- the Flaming Lips
What is the these of this song?
The theme of this song is about finding the cure to cancer and how stressful it is. The title "Race for the Prize" is just like "Race for the Cure" which is a renown race for raising money for cancer research. The song's demeaning tone towards the scientists show that they are becoming obsessed with finding a cure, and they just want the fame and fortune that comes with the discovery.
The theme of this song is about finding the cure to cancer and how stressful it is. The title "Race for the Prize" is just like "Race for the Cure" which is a renown race for raising money for cancer research. The song's demeaning tone towards the scientists show that they are becoming obsessed with finding a cure, and they just want the fame and fortune that comes with the discovery.
Fallacy in Patrick Henry's Speech
"We have been trying.... We have held....Shall we resort... What terms shall we find.."
All of these combined quotes from Patrick Henry's Speech are examples of the fallacy argument from omniscience. This means that he uses words like "we" "our" "us" ect. to make it seem like everyone as a whole is going along with him. This is incorrect because most of the people he was speaking too did not want to follow him, so this is a fallacy.
This speech is effective because of the fallacy. Henry makes it seem like everyone is following him, and going along with what he is saying which is not the case at all. Because it seems like everyone is following, everyone really does start to listen to him and follow him.
All of these combined quotes from Patrick Henry's Speech are examples of the fallacy argument from omniscience. This means that he uses words like "we" "our" "us" ect. to make it seem like everyone as a whole is going along with him. This is incorrect because most of the people he was speaking too did not want to follow him, so this is a fallacy.
This speech is effective because of the fallacy. Henry makes it seem like everyone is following him, and going along with what he is saying which is not the case at all. Because it seems like everyone is following, everyone really does start to listen to him and follow him.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Cartoon #2
Overt Message?
The overt message was telling people to duck and cover their head and neck if there was an atomic bombing.
Covert Message?
The government knows what's best for you.
I think that this cartoon is neither propaganda or persuasion. I think that it is more informative-telling the kids to duck and cover to preserve their lives.
The overt message was telling people to duck and cover their head and neck if there was an atomic bombing.
Covert Message?
The government knows what's best for you.
I think that this cartoon is neither propaganda or persuasion. I think that it is more informative-telling the kids to duck and cover to preserve their lives.
Cartoon #1
Overt Message?
The overt message was that oil and competition makes the world go 'round.
Covert Message?
The covert message was saying how great America is and how smoothly the country ran because of capitalism and the big companies competing for lots of things.
This is propaganda because the cartoon is trying to persuade people into buying more oil. The producer's of this cartoon use bandwagon propaganda because they are saying that everyone in America uses oil, and that everyone in America is competing for the best oil, so you should too.
The overt message was that oil and competition makes the world go 'round.
Covert Message?
The covert message was saying how great America is and how smoothly the country ran because of capitalism and the big companies competing for lots of things.
This is propaganda because the cartoon is trying to persuade people into buying more oil. The producer's of this cartoon use bandwagon propaganda because they are saying that everyone in America uses oil, and that everyone in America is competing for the best oil, so you should too.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
4 Quotes
Quotes: 466, 476, 482, 483,
466: The broad messes of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force. ADOLPH HITLER (1889-1945), Mein Kampf, 1933.
This quote spoken by Hitler is actually quite wise. He is saying that the way the information is delivered has more importance than the actual information. This is proven through Hilter's movement and how he gained millions of follows because of his powerful speaking skills. The things he was saying were horrible, and many people might not have agreed with him, but they still followed him because of his message delivery. This shows that is rhetoric is used correctly, it can seriously sway people's decisions.
Propaganda
-The overt message is to cook more and not eat bread.
-The covert message is that they want consumers to eat less bread so that they can feed the soldiers at war. When the soldiers are fed, they will fight better, which can mean victory. That is why it says "The kitchen is the key to victory."
-These two display in propaganda because its a uniting thing, and they advocate for change.
-The covert message is that they want consumers to eat less bread so that they can feed the soldiers at war. When the soldiers are fed, they will fight better, which can mean victory. That is why it says "The kitchen is the key to victory."
-These two display in propaganda because its a uniting thing, and they advocate for change.
"Clampdown" by the Clash
-This song is about propaganda and the Germans because it says, "we will train out blue eyed man to be young believers."
-The music is kind of rebellious because after it says "I am not working for clampdown" there is a small sort of rebellious guitar solo that is very short and it doesn't match the rest of the song, so it is like a rebellion.
-It relates to propaganda because there a multiple messages in the song, and they are trying to make everyone believe or support what they are saying.
-The music is kind of rebellious because after it says "I am not working for clampdown" there is a small sort of rebellious guitar solo that is very short and it doesn't match the rest of the song, so it is like a rebellion.
-It relates to propaganda because there a multiple messages in the song, and they are trying to make everyone believe or support what they are saying.
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