Propaganda Types/Techniques Glittering Generality Bandwagon Stacked cards Name calling “Just plain folks”

Glittering Generality sounds good, but is essentially meaningless

Bandwagon convincing people that everyone else agrees with a certain candidate/idea, so that they will join in; appeals to many people’s desire to be on the winning side

Stacked Cards Presents only one side of the issue, can distort the facts An incumbent says about an opponent: “I’ve already done things he just wants to do!”

Name Calling an attempt to turn people against an opponent or idea by associating an unpleasant label or description

“Just Plain Folks” to make people think that the candidate is just like them, with the same desires and concerns

Can you identify the types of propaganda in the following videos? Write down whatever types you see when I play them on a piece of paper you can turn in…

John McCain “Man in the Area” http://www.johnmccain.com/maninthearena/

“McSame as Bush” http://www.peterfeddo.com/node/98

Hillary Clinton “3:00am Phone Call” http://hillaryclinton.com/video/142.aspx

Barack Obama “Yes We Can” http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

Hillary Clinton “One of a Million” http://hillaryclinton.com/video/140.aspx

John McCain “Courageous Leader” http://www.johnmccain.com/courageous/