Sunday, March 2, 2008

A Response to My Exam Question

How does propaganda utilize the appeal to the Ethos, Pathos, and Logos? Give an example an example of how each of these could be used in a work of propagand.
Effective propaganda usually appeals to one or more of these human facets. It appeals to the Ethos (ethics or moral reasoning), Pathos (the emotions), or the Logos (logic).
A work appealing to the ethos might show injustice in some way, and use that to convince the viewer to donate money or effort becuase their moral reasoning compels them to fight against the injustice.
A work appealing to the pathos might conjure up the viewers emotions, such as showing somebody in pain or suffering. This type of propaganda would most defenitily utilize music if it can that is sad or in a minor key to tug at the viewers emotions.
A work appealing to the logos would probably reinforce the dependability or the trustworthyness of the creater of the work in order to get the viewers to believe the work because of their trust in its creator.

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