Propaganda is the influence of opinion in public matters through the use of mass media. In the move Swing Kids, we see that propaganda is used to make the German army more appealing. Over a large radio broadcast, an announcer is heard saying that the German army has successfully invaded Czechoslovakia, and that the citizens of Czechoslovakia were cheering on the German army. However, this was not the truth. Not a lot of the Czechoslovakians were actually German, so they didn’t want to live under German rules and laws. In this case, the government twisted the truth to make it seem like the Germans were saving the people of
Propaganda is the influence of opinion in public matters through the use of mass media. In the move Swing Kids, we see that propaganda is used to make the German army more appealing. Over a large radio broadcast, an announcer is heard saying that the German army has successfully invaded Czechoslovakia, and that the citizens of Czechoslovakia were cheering on the German army. However, this was not the truth. Not a lot of the Czechoslovakians were actually German, so they didn’t want to live under German rules and laws. In this case, the government twisted the truth to make it seem like the Germans were saving the people of