Propaganda: A means of communication to tap into people's common beliefs, expectations, and philosophies on life -- propaganda is used for manipulating purposes, it effects a lot of people. In my opinion, propaganda is often used with bad intentions.
Doublespeak: A means of obstructed communication, that does not necessarily get the point across, but rather -- hide it and make it seem more appealing. An example, death can be hidden if it were to be reworded as “terminal living”; “uncontrolled cells” for cancer.
Propaganda and Doublespeak are techniques to mislead a mass of people, and assist a change -- either good or bad. Doublspeak. In these two chapters I’ve really learned that the power of language can either be used for great changes or bad ones. Great changes were made by Martin Luther King Jr. and Sojourner Truth. Both black leaders were great spokespersons, and they inspired the world to really change the common ideologies of the common time. They inspired change. They used propaganda to appeal to the audience and impose their opinions.
Today; April 28, 2011 -- President Obama has announced that he will be discussing the immigration issues with celebrities -- Eva Longoria, America Ferrara, and Rosario Dawson. This sounds really ridiculous. What impact does celebrities have on this issue? Eva Longoria doesn’t have the expertise or the experience to have any use on this debate -- the only thing they are credible for is their ethnicity. This sounds a lot like propaganda -- a means of gaining an audience, to appeal to the community; especially the Hispanic community. Obama is trying to gain the Hispanic community by campaigning. The United States immigrant policy does has not been accelerated like Obama had promised when he was elected -- the policy has done little improvement if any.
I think this is a way of quieting down the enraged Hispanic community and this is Obama’s way of getting the Hispanic votes for 2012 election. This is based off on what I read from multiple articles on the web regarding the immigration reform. Personally, I am somewhat looking forward to the immigration reform because it affects me personally -- I have a lot of family and friends that are illegal immigrants. American citizens that say, “Go home, illegal citizens should not have rights, they are illegal and they should get out of our Country.” That type of mentality is unhealthy, and ignorant.
My side: illegal immigrants are essential -- they provide an essential role in the American society. How? Without illegal immigrants, sales will go up, and productivity will go down. illegal immigrants also provide diversity in our country -- as a nation that longs for diversity, why must we deny that? On the other side of the argument, people say that illegal immigrants do not pay taxes, and do not contribute enough to the tax pool; honestly, i don’t get that argument so if anyone can explain it to me, it’ll be helpful.
Obama might be hyping up his 2012 re-election by campaigning, or maybe the sarcastic tone presented by the articles is propaganda itself. We won’t know, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
Doublespeak: A means of obstructed communication, that does not necessarily get the point across, but rather -- hide it and make it seem more appealing. An example, death can be hidden if it were to be reworded as “terminal living”; “uncontrolled cells” for cancer.
Propaganda and Doublespeak are techniques to mislead a mass of people, and assist a change -- either good or bad. Doublspeak. In these two chapters I’ve really learned that the power of language can either be used for great changes or bad ones. Great changes were made by Martin Luther King Jr. and Sojourner Truth. Both black leaders were great spokespersons, and they inspired the world to really change the common ideologies of the common time. They inspired change. They used propaganda to appeal to the audience and impose their opinions.
Today; April 28, 2011 -- President Obama has announced that he will be discussing the immigration issues with celebrities -- Eva Longoria, America Ferrara, and Rosario Dawson. This sounds really ridiculous. What impact does celebrities have on this issue? Eva Longoria doesn’t have the expertise or the experience to have any use on this debate -- the only thing they are credible for is their ethnicity. This sounds a lot like propaganda -- a means of gaining an audience, to appeal to the community; especially the Hispanic community. Obama is trying to gain the Hispanic community by campaigning. The United States immigrant policy does has not been accelerated like Obama had promised when he was elected -- the policy has done little improvement if any.
I think this is a way of quieting down the enraged Hispanic community and this is Obama’s way of getting the Hispanic votes for 2012 election. This is based off on what I read from multiple articles on the web regarding the immigration reform. Personally, I am somewhat looking forward to the immigration reform because it affects me personally -- I have a lot of family and friends that are illegal immigrants. American citizens that say, “Go home, illegal citizens should not have rights, they are illegal and they should get out of our Country.” That type of mentality is unhealthy, and ignorant.
My side: illegal immigrants are essential -- they provide an essential role in the American society. How? Without illegal immigrants, sales will go up, and productivity will go down. illegal immigrants also provide diversity in our country -- as a nation that longs for diversity, why must we deny that? On the other side of the argument, people say that illegal immigrants do not pay taxes, and do not contribute enough to the tax pool; honestly, i don’t get that argument so if anyone can explain it to me, it’ll be helpful.
Obama might be hyping up his 2012 re-election by campaigning, or maybe the sarcastic tone presented by the articles is propaganda itself. We won’t know, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
I too have learned a lot in these two chapters about the power that language has. I have become more aware of the different forms of language designed to influence and sway a person or group of people. It is interesting that Obama will be discussing immigration with these celebrities. I agree with you, Obama has chosen these celebrities because they are Hispanic and he may be able to gain favor in that community. I also think that he has make a ‘tricky’ move in choosing celebrities. If Obama were to discuss immigration with just any Hispanic citizen or politician, there would not be as much public interest in the discussion. The celebrities are already in the public eye and in having the discussion with these ladies, Obama is sure to have a larger audience to try to gain support from. As a side note on immigration, why is it that the focus is always on immigrants from Central and South America? As to the argument about illegal immigrants not paying taxes, I do not have a helpful explanation for that argument. The people who are illegal immigrants usually have very poor paying jobs so even in they were to pay taxes, I am sure that it would not greatly contribute to the tax pool…it is a poor argument I think.
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