Persuasion, Politics, and Propaganda Paper
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Write a 1,750-
to 2,100-word paper on consumer vulnerability to media persuasion, politics, and
propaganda.
Select a
specific political issue in which the Internet played a decisive role in forming
your political opinion about a topic.
Locate
threenews articles on your specific political issue:
·
Find a news article that you believe to be totally
objective.
·
Find a second news article that you believe to be intentionally
persuasive.
·
Find a third news article that you believe to be subtly persuasive
in the guise of an informative article.
Address the
following in your paper:
·
Identify the specific principle differences between the objective
news article and the persuasive news article.
·
Identify the specific principle differences between the persuasive
news article and the information article.
Conclude your
paper by addressing the following:
·
Do you believe that you are vulnerable to political persuasion?
Explain and justify your answer.
·
What techniques are used in the selected political articles to
persuade readers?
·
Are any of these articles particularly effective? Why or why
not?
·
How might we personally and as a society reduce our vulnerability
to political persuasion?
Format the
paper consistent with APA guidelines
