Magistrinio darbo problema kaip buvo skleidžiama Japonijos propaganda dėl Š. Korėjos įvykdytų pagrobimų ir kokios jos sklaidos pasekmės išryškėjo. Baigiamojo darbo objektas - Japonijos propaganda 2002 – 2011 m. Š. Korėjos inicijuotų pagrobimų atveju. Šio darbo tikslas išanalizuoti Š. Korėjos įvykdytus Japonijos piliečių pagrobimus ir atskleisti Japonijos propagandos dėl šių pagrobimų organizacijos struktūrą, sklaidos priemones ir rezultatus. Šiam tikslui pasiekti išsikelti tokie uždaviniai: 1.Remiantis teorinės literatūros šaltinių analize apibrėžti propagandos sampratą ir jos skaidos priemones bei parengti Japonijos propagandos analizės modelį; 2. Išryškinti prielaidas Japonijos vyriausybės propagandos formavimui1970 – 2005 m.;3. Atlikti propagandos modelio taikymo Japonijoje analizę.; 4. Išnagrinėti Japonijos vyriausybės propagandos dėl Š. Korėjos įvykdytų pagrobimų poveikį Japonijos visuomenei. Baigiamajame darbe naudojami šie metodai: Lyginamasis, aprašomasis ir analitinis. Atlikus tyrimą prieita prie tokių išvadų: 1. Remiantis užsienio ir Lietuvos autorių propagandos sąvokos lyginamąja analize, iškirtais propagandos tipais ir jos sklaidos priemonėmis bei G.S. Jowett ir V. O‘Donnell propagandos analizės 10 žingsnių metodu buvo sudarytas 7 žingsnių Japonijos propagandos analitinis modelis. 2. Įvertinus propagandos formavimosi kontekstą ir atskleidus Japonijos ir Š. Korėjos santykius 1971 – 2005 m., pavyko identifikuoti pagrindinius propagandos šaltinius Japonijoje: neo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Problem of this master thesis is how propaganda of Japan regards North Korea initiated Japanese abductions is distributed and what are the consequences of this propaganda is in general. Subject in the final thesis is propaganda of Japan in 2002 – 2011: North Korea initiated Japanese abduction case. Objective of this research is to analyze North Korea initiated Japanese abductions and following it clarify structure of Japanese government propaganda, its distribution techniques and results. To reach this objective these following tasks are made: 1. define propaganda concept and ways of propaganda distribution based on theoretic scientific literature analysis and prepare model of Japanese propaganda analysis. 2. Highlight assumptions of Japanese governmental propaganda development in 1971 – 2005. 3. Accomplish research analysis based on model of propaganda of Japan. 4. Analyze Japanese government propaganda on North Korea initiated Japanese abduction case influence to Japanese society. In this research three methods are used: description, comparative and analytical methods. Accomplished Japanese propaganda analysis of this research led to these conclusions: 1. based on comparative analysis of Lithuanian and foreign authors on concept, sorts and ways of distributing propaganda, and G.S. Jowett ir V. O‘Donnell 10 steps of propaganda analysis method, 7 steps model of propaganda of Japan is shaped. 2. From propaganda development context based on Japan’s and North Korea‘s relation... [to full text]

The increasingly universal information society has required also the Swedish Armed Forces to participate in the information flow, for example by publishing images from its operations in an open digital image archive. With use of the image archive’s photographs from the Swedish Armed Forces’ military operations in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012, the study seeks to examine the way in which the Swedish army depicts its involvement in the region. From a postcolonial perspective, based on Edward Said’s notions on Orientalism, this semiotic analysis examines the image publications in order to reveal what messages the images convey. How are Afghan women respectively Afghan men depicted in contrast to Swedish soldiers? How are Swedish soldiers portrayed in relation to their Afghan military allies? Such are the questions at hand. The study makes use of a methodological framework based on Roland Barthes and Charles Saunders Pierce and looks to reveal the denotative and connotative meanings in the image material. The result of the study shows a depiction of the military intervention in Afghanistan that largely portrays Afghan women and girls in need of saving and emancipation, while Swedish soldiers are ascribed the role of the hero. Moreover, images depicting Swedish soldiers as modern, powerful and progressive in contrast to weak and underdeveloped Afghan men are also recurrent in the material. The cooperation between the Swedish military and its Afghan allies is throughout the material depicted in a positive manner, and symbolic gestures of friendship between the two frequent the image publications. At large, a positive perspective permeates the Swedish military’s depiction of its operations in Afghanistan, and its soldiers are portrayed as powerful bringers of Western liberty and equality. Meanwhile, the East is depicted as all that the West is not: uncivilised, weak and infantile.

During World War II the composer Kurt Weill was in America writing for the Broadway stage. On August 27, 1943, he became an American citizen and was eager to volunteer his talent to the American war effort. Among his many wartime musical contributions are fourteen songs, all with war-related texts, which can be divided into three distinct groups: the American propaganda songs (8), the German propaganda songs (2), and the Walt Whitman songs (4). It is the purpose of this paper to present a comparative analysis of a representative group of these war songs (two from each group) in order to illustrate Weill's musical versatility. The American propaganda songs were written in a purely popular song style; sung by Broadway actors; directed toward an American audience; with texts by the Broadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II and the Hollywood movie executive Howard Dietz. The German propaganda songs were written in a cabaret song style; sung in German by Weill's wife, Lotte Lenya; directed toward a German audience behind enemy lines; with texts by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht and the German cabaret writer Walter Mehring. The Four Walt Whitman Songs were written in a classical art song style; sung by classically trained singers; directed toward a general audience; with texts by the nineteenth-century American poet Walt Whitman. After an initial discussion of Weill's early musical training and career in Europe, his exile from Germany, his reception in America, and his contributions to the American war effort, each group of war songs is analyzed musically, textually, vocally, in reference to the audience to whom it was directed, and with regards to vocal performance practice. Comparisons and conclusions are then drawn. Kurt Weill's war songs are valuable for musical study, both in terms of examining his ability to write equally well in various musical styles and as an opportunity to learn more about music and society during the turbulent years' of World War II.

The main focus of this thesis is the topic of spin doctoring. We understand the term of spin doctoring as a one-sided manipulative form of communication whose aim is to influence public opinion and attitudes. The thesis deals with both historic concepts and present day definitions of spin. Based on academic work, this text examines the phenomenon of spin doctoring in relation to political communication, public relations, propaganda, corporate spin and journalistic professions. We elaborate particular techniques and methods of spin on the background of important cases related to spin doctoring. These specific cases refer to anglo-american countries. The field of interest of political communication, the relation of politics and media and their impact on democratic order of society is examined from the perspective of pluralistic pessimists and neo- liberal optimists. The position of journalists in the context of their cooperation with the spin doctors is also taken into account. The research part of this work deals with the spin doctoring in the case of "Radar". The aim of the research is to find out whether or not manipulative techniques were employed in order to gain consent and support of the public in the case of building an American radar base in the Czech territory. Quantitative research methods...

This thesis focuses on the collectivization of Czechoslovakian countryside from 1949-1960. The current knowledge of agricultural policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia has been extended with the findings from a former Prague Region, present-day Central-bohemian Region. The first part consists of the analysis of the term collectivization in the international context, where a particular attention is paid to the process of collectivization in the Soviet Union. The author follows two main lines of the collectivization in the Czech environment. The former is the establishment of collective farms which formed the main pillar of the countryside socialization, the latter concentrates on the persecution of those who resisted the socialization, i.e. private landowners, known as kulaks. Part of the thesis deals with the agitation which accompanied the creation and running of the collective farms. Last but not least, the thesis includes the reflection of the fight against the kulaks on the pages of the then agricultural press - regional as well as nationwide.

A content analysis of "Islamic State" (IS) propaganda material released around the movement's proclamation of a Caliphate in 2014, this study is an attempt at analysing ways in which presented arguments express a coherent narrative of symbolic meaning. Using Robert Benford & David Snow's ideas on the so-called three core framing tasks as a clarifying template, I discuss ways in which the analysed material argues for the legitimacy and relevance of the IS movement. IS propagandists argue that the Muslim umma is under attack, and that Muslims need to unite under a common authority that can protect their religion, restore their strength, and counteract their humiliation. The IS Caliphate is presented as a hopeful sign, but is in need of committed recruits who are willing to sacrifice for what is presented as the greater good. As the analysed propaganda is particularly focused on this latter (motivational) aspect of the narrative, it focuses extensively on formulating arguments that reinforce it. I hold that many of these arguments can be traced back to what can be described as appeals to virtues like sincerity, authenticity, and truthfulness – and that all of these are also used to argue for the credibility of the IS Caliphate as an Islamic authority. Arguing that this Caliphate will serve the role of an aiding sword of Islam, it is furthermore presented as a necessary and vigorous structure aimed at protecting "truth" and at eradicating "falsehood".

This dissertation aims to introduce propagandistic activity of Nazi Germany and Communist Russia, which fundamentally impacted all areas of people´s lives including human culture, which signifies absolute freedom under normal circumstances. Art production was faced with such immense ideological pressure that the artwork became mere tools of the propagandistic regime. In order to fully comprehend the success of the propaganda, the dissertation focuses mostly on the official art production of both regimes and its insertion into historical and psychological context. The dissertation follows the development of both regimes and their art worlds in order to find their basic characteristics, which in turn serve to show the common principles used by the propaganda that managed to manipulate millions of people all over the world under different ideologies.

The role of the media in inciting hatred and nationalist passions in the break-up of socialist Yugoslavia (SFRY) is a well-known and notable fact. The aim of the thesis is a selective comparative content analysis of Serbian and Croatian press during the break-up of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1990-1991 on the example of two daily journals, namely Zagreb's Vjesnik and Belgrade's Politika. It is a period closely preceding the military conflict after the declaration of independence of Slovenia and Croatia in June 1991. The intention of this work is to find out in what form the propaganda, as defined below, appeared in the selected press. The second task will then examine how its occurrence varied over time, depending on ongoing events. While the relationship of state power and media in this case is already well-known and has been the subject of research on a number of occasions, the selective content analysis should show what elements are used in particular to activate the public. The aim of this work will be to gain a segment of a complex image, analyze one type of medium and content component arguments used to support positions of state regime, national agitation and arousing hostility to opponents of current political power and their intentions, whether from the other...

Esta dissertação analisa a organização da atividade publicitária profissional no Brasil entre 1951 e 1965. Nosso objetivo é demonstrar que, por meio de discussões e disputas em torno da imagem publicitária impressa, podemos entender como se constituiu o campo publicitário brasileiro. Tais discussões envolveram o uso de uma linguagem técnica, a institucionalização da prática e a produção de uma memória. Este processo não apenas formou a classe publicitária (e sua identidade) como também monopolizou a produção de anúncios comerciais a partir da especialização da produção de imagens publicitárias. Veremos ainda que a imagem publicitária, mais do que um objeto bidimensional, é um artefato que circula por diversos espaços e se relaciona de diferentes formas em cada meio pelo qual circula. Compreender a materialidade do anúncio nos permitiu extrapolar a abordagem tradicional de imagens (a partir de seus conteúdos), para pensarmos nas relações sociais que se deram em função de sua produção, circulação e consumo. Tal abordagem foi possível graças ao nosso corpus documental, a revista especializada Propaganda, que forneceu os subsídios para o desenvolvimento da reflexão sobre as práticas publicitárias e os lugares das imagens não apenas nas representações, mas em algumas vivências de época. / This dissertation analyses the organization of the professional advertising activity in Brazil between 1951 and 1965. Our goal is to demonstrate that, through the discussion and disputes about the printed advertising image, we can understand how the Brazilian advertising field was formed. These discussions involved the use of a technical language, the institutionalization of the practice and the production of a memory. This process did not just create the advertising class (and their identity), as well as, it monopolized the commercials production, from the specialization of the advertising image production. We will see that the advertising image, more than a two-dimensional object, it is an artifact that circulates by lots spaces and relates of different forms in each way where it circulates. Comprehending the commercial materiality, let us transcend the image traditional approach (from its content), to think about the social relationships that happened from its production, circulation and consumption. This approach was possible thanks to the documental corpus, the specialized magazine Propaganda, that provided subsidies to the reflection development about the advertising practices and the image places, not only in the representations, but in some experiences in that time.

Em 1.º de junho de 1953, a administração do presidente norte-americano Dwight D. Eisenhower fundou a United States Information Agency (USIA), reunindo sob a coordenação da nova agência os programas de informação dos Estados Unidos da América (EUA) no exterior. O intuito era o de aproximar as audiências internacionais dos valores do sistema democrático e de livre empresa encenado pelo país, granjeando governos às posições norte-americanas na Guerra Fria. A atuação da agência se deu no âmbito das disputas entre os governos dos Estados Unidos e da União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas (URSS) em programas de propaganda cultural naquilo que a historiografia tem chamado de Guerra Fria Cultural (Cultural Cold War). Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar a atuação da USIA no Brasil, entre os anos de 1953, data de fundação da agência, e 1964, quando as questões de que se ocupava foram reorientadas em função, no plano internacional, da Guerra no Vietnam e, no Brasil, do golpe civil-militar. Para tanto, analisamos o material da agência matérias, artigos, notícias, notas e fotografias veiculado nos jornais cariocas Correio da Manhã e Tribuna da Imprensa, duas das mais importantes publicações da mídia impressa brasileira do período. Verificamos que a agência passou, paulatinamente, a empregar atividades secretas, além das atividades não secretas, driblando as resistências que a opinião pública brasileira mostrava à presença oficial norte-americana no debate de questões políticas nacionais. Embora as estratégias utilizadas pela USIA fossem realizadas em nome das liberdades democráticas, a agência não vacilou em lançar mão de operações secretas para a consecução de seus objetivos políticos na Guerra Fria. / On June, 1st, 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhowers administration founded the United States Information Agency (USIA) for gathering U.S. information programs overseas under its umbrella. The aim of the new agency was to broadcast democratic system and free enterprise values portrayed by the country to international audiences in order to garner nations to U.S. positions during the Cold War. The Agency proceedings took place in the context of disputes between the heads of government of the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in programs of cultural propaganda called the Cultural Cold War by historiography. The present study aimed at investigating USIAs performance in Brazil between the years 1953, founding date of the Agency, and 1964, when the Agencys previous issues were redesigned on account of Vietnam War, at an international level, and of the civil-military coup, in Brazil. Therefore, we analyzed the Agency material newspaper reports, articles, news, notes and photos released in Correio da Manhã and Tribuna da Imprensa newspapers, two of the most important publications of the Brazilian Press for the period edited in Rio de Janeiro. We found that the Agency has, gradually, carried out covert activities, besides the overt ones, dodging Brazilian public opinion resistance against official U.S. presence in the debate on national political issues. Although the strategies used by the USIA were held in the name of democratic freedoms, the Agency did not hesitate about resorting covert operations to achieve its political objectives in the Cold War.