A shared whiteboard where the class records examples of a range of logical fallacies
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3.5 Propaganda Speech
Present a speech to the class using devices and techniques of propaganda to advance a strong view.
Linguistic Techniques of Propaganda
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” George Orwell
Nuclear Weapons are Morally Indefensible – David Lange at the Oxford Union
Apple: You’ll see why 1984 won’t be like “1984”
This advertisement, aired during the Super Bowl in 1984 shows Apple’s advertising agency tapping into the Cold War anxieties about totalitarianism to present it’s new computer products. How does this ad appear to us now Apple has become one of the world’s largest multinational companies?