Presentación de Power Point hecha por Carolina Giraldo sobre la propaganda, la percepción pública y su participación en la guerra, más específicamente, en la revolución rusa.
2. War Propaganda
War propaganda in any
country has two main
goals: to mobilize the
population and to
demoralize the enemy
or convince the enemy
troops to switch sides
or stop the war.
3. To have in mind…
Propaganda is not impartial.
Sometimes, it is controlled
by the government for its
own benefit, and doesn’t
transmit the truth, but an
altered version of it,
designed to make you
believe or do certain things.
This happens a lot at war.
4. When a country’s at war, it
is important that its
population agrees with the
country’s involvement in the
war. The people provide
armies and money. Through
propaganda, the government
tries to control the public
perception of the war.
Public perception
5. Strategy
In war propaganda, the
enemies are represented
as cartoonish characters
that don’t look like real
people. The artistic style
applied to these images
prevents the viewer from
wondering if it is really
okay to kill a human being.
6. In Russia
During the Russian
Revolution, the state would
try to convince people to
demonstrate love for their
nation by sacrificing their
lives in WW1. The
Bolsheviks, however, would
tell them to stop the
bloodshed, which very often
came at the expense of
betrayal to their nation.
7. Bolsheviks’ argument
The Bolsheviks said the
unwillingness to kill or be killed
doesn’t make you a traitor,
because class loyalty outweighs
allegiance to the state. This
implied that a sacrifice for the
nation wasn’t necessary, as
the country was represented by
the state that had betrayed its
citizens by oppressing them.
8. Media
During the Russian
Revolution, most Russians
were illiterate, so the
propaganda was mostly
transmitted through radio,
television, and posters with a
picture and a short phrase.
