war propaganda theme
The use of propaganda in war is featured. This can be to dehumanize and demonize the enemy, to glorify your own actions, and to heroify your allies.
21 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 13 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf4x08 | choice | the reporters produced biased war propaganda in the end |
| bbf4x11 | major | Sheridan set up his own propaganda room to counter Earth war propaganda |
| bbf4x12 | major | Sheridan tries to counter Earth war propaganda with his own news |
| bbf4x18 | major | Clarke wanted a public confession as part of his PR |
| bbf4x22 | major | Earth engaged in war propaganda to justify expansion |
| movie: Starship Troopers (1997) | major | The Federation news network was running propaganda clips aimed at demonizing their Arachnid alien species, and other jingoistic news clips aimed at currying support for the war among the public. |
| movie: Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) | major | The film is interspersed with jingoistic, Federation Network war propaganda videos. There was a poppy musical war rally. |
| shortstory: The Gostak and the Doshes (1930) | major | Much was made of the state and church making use of the jingoistic nonsense phrase "The gostak distims the doshes." (paraphrased in the tittle) to whip the people up into a frenzy to go to war with a group of nations across the ocean. |
| bbf4x09 | minor | Earth demonization of BB5 was noted |
| bbf4x15 | minor | Babylon 5 countered Clarke's propaganda |