Questions for blog:
1. What was the overt message? The covert message? How did you get these?
2. Was this propaganda or persuasion, and why? (Include any specific techniques used.)
Answers:
1. The overt message is that if you use oil, it will bring motivation and happiness. I realized this when the Martians began using oil, and their town became prosperous. The covert message is that with oil and capitalism, a country will prosper. I think this because when the video was showing the happy American families getting gas, it portrayed how life is good with oil. Also, America was depicted as the best country since they had competition between oil companies.
2. This was propaganda because there was a covert message saying what wasn't outright or obvious. This video used bandwagon and glittering generalities to get its message across. The bandwagon is used when the Martians see that every American has a car, and every American uses oil. When the Martians are exposed to this, every Martian went out and started making their own companies. Glittering generalities is used since the video just depicts oil as being great, and no one really investigates more facts on it.
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