John Hollenhorst Propaganda Summary

In his article, “President Harrison billboards teach a lesson to Utah’s lieutenant governor” (2016), John Hollenhorst asserts that people do learn from propaganda such as billboards. Hollenhorst supports his position by providing a billboard experiment conducted in Utah which illustrates how Utah residents retained what they read on billboards. Hollenhorst wants to educate people on the power of billboards, in order to encourage companies to place educational billboards that will make people aware on vital matters. The author uses a factual, proper tone indicating that he wants a professional audience, but at the same time educating the people of Utah.

In the article “The Media’s Role in Political Propaganda” (2011) the author claims that propaganda has been used throughout history and is continued to be used today by many countries. The author supports his position by providing historical and modern day evidence from countries all over the world. His goal is to explain the effectiveness of propaganda in order
Laberge supports his position by providing the definition, uses, and effects of propaganda. The author hopes to open the eyes of readers, in order to make them more aware of the amount of propaganda used and its effect on them. The author uses a formal tone indicating he is addressing and informing the common person.

In the article “The Pros And Cons of Propaganda” (2014) the author argues that propaganda works, but only for a certain period of time. He supposes his idea by giving modern day examples from Russia with quantitative data. The author wants to acknowledge the effectiveness of propaganda, but also explain the flaws of propaganda, in order to show people propaganda is not all positive. The author uses a professional tone indicating that he is trying to connect with the education