The most pressing one as evident in “Men Against Fire” is propaganda and dehumanizing. The military used propaganda through augmented reality by symbolizing the civilians as savage mutants thus allowing the soldier to feel little to no guilt in killing. Harold D. Lasswell in “The American Political Science Review” goes further into the matter of propaganda by stating that “Propaganda objects must be chosen with extreme care. The primary objects are usually quite distinct. Thus, war propaganda involves the enemy, the ally, and the neutral.” In the case of “Men against Fire” the military made sure to make the undesirable civilians a distinct enemy by using the MASS to help soldiers perceive them as savage
The most pressing one as evident in “Men Against Fire” is propaganda and dehumanizing. The military used propaganda through augmented reality by symbolizing the civilians as savage mutants thus allowing the soldier to feel little to no guilt in killing. Harold D. Lasswell in “The American Political Science Review” goes further into the matter of propaganda by stating that “Propaganda objects must be chosen with extreme care. The primary objects are usually quite distinct. Thus, war propaganda involves the enemy, the ally, and the neutral.” In the case of “Men against Fire” the military made sure to make the undesirable civilians a distinct enemy by using the MASS to help soldiers perceive them as savage