Media is the only
source of getting fast and quick information from all over the world. Different
forms of media such as TV, radio, print media and Internet are used to get or
send information. Unfortunately people trust on media too much without doing
any investigation and are not trying to see both side of the image. Most media
never tell the whole story because media is controlled by the people in power
such as political leaders and media’s owners etc. They are the people who have
a particular mind set and have their own agenda against a person, a religion, a
race, a nation or a country. They use different propaganda techniques against a
person or a party. The different propaganda techniques media use are;
presenting limited facts and incomplete statements without any explanation,
showing only positive side of something, focusing on one issue to motivate
their targeted audience.
Propaganda is
the science of mind control and game with people’s emotion and feelings play by
the politicians and leaders; half lies and half truth and a free publicity. Media
especially television show such kind of images and videos which are more
attractive and gain people’s attention quickly. There are different types of
propaganda media use to achieve their target. But let me mention two types of
propaganda, political and economical propaganda.
The
political propaganda of mass media is the propaganda use by the politicians
through a partial media to gain more and more support of the people. They focus
on one issue again and again and only show those things which support their
ideology, for example the propaganda of the Weapon of Mass Destruction of the
Bush administration against Iraq. This issue was exaggerated in such way that
people support Bush against Saddam Hussein. In the article “War programming: The
Propaganda Project and the Iraq War” MacArthur says that “the success of Bush’s
war was largely dependent on a compliant press that uncritically repeated
almost every fraudulent administration claim about the threat posed to America
by Saddam Hussein” (qtd. in Altheide and
Grimes 617). The video shows some clips about Iraq by Bush administration.
The economical
propaganda is use to make more and more money. They are the people who want to
fulfill their greedy interest. There are many techniques people use to increase
their bank balance. The video show the propaganda of drug manufacturing
companies about swine flu H1N1.
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