For years propoganda has been utilized in various nations in order to instill a specific activity in their specific people groups. Such illustrations can promote a positive message, such as WWII posters informing Americans that they are needed to fight the good fight. Other examples of such posters are positive to some, but negative to others. Posters that demonize the enemy often exaggerate the appearance of the subject. Such as the solider on the left, who appears to have a hunch, possibly giving the appearance that they are slightly less intelligent than their counter parts, thus making them easier to defeat.This process has gone on for years with no signs of stopping. Whether it be the slaves in the south, as evidenced by the example on the right. This image depicts the enemy (most likely a white police officer) as a subhuman shape, towering over the 'subjects' in question. These images in some cases were subtle in their imagery, and in other cases not quite as so, evidenced from both of these examples.The use of such imagery has yet to stop even in 2009, during the recent Presidential election, numerous posters for either the right or the left started to surface. Such as the one directly below:
Traditionally, these types of posters only demonized those from another nation. But in recent years they have started to attack people with differing viewpoints, regardless of nationality. This poster created by an organization called the frightening prospect, turns what was a seemingly sweet woman from Alaska into a bloodsucking vampire, whether or not that may be true is anybody's guess.Just because people from a specific nation are attacking their own doesn't mean that the practice has changed forever. Instead it has merely adapted for the times, as evidenced by....
Proving that whether made directly by the government or not, propoganda is here to stay, or so says a parachuting Kim Jong Il.
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