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ERIC Number: EJ1372340
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
EISSN: EISSN-1930-3653
Exploring How Propaganda Constructs the Enemy
Mann, Isabel; Hobbs, Renee
Social Education, v86 n6 p407-412 Nov-Dec 2022
Exposure to propaganda can lead to biased attitudes that change the way people speak and act, sometimes without their conscious awareness. Propaganda has historically contributed to systemic discrimination, bias-motivated violence, and even genocide. By comparing historic and contemporary propaganda, students come to understand how people's values can be hijacked through persuasive appeals that activate strong emotions, use oversimplified information, and attack opponents. Teaching students how to identify propaganda is an essential life skill in combating dehumanizing language, ideas, and actions in all its forms. The activities in this article can guide students to confront historic examples of harmful propaganda and help them understand the problem and danger of modern stereotypes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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