HIS 260 - Topics: Modern Propaganda and Media Manipulation in the 20th and 21st Centuries (1)

This course will examine the use of poropoganda during the 20th and 21st centuries. We will examine the different ways in which states such as Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the Russian Federation have used propoganda for their own purposes. This course will also examine the use of propoganda and media manipulation in less state-centric contexts, such as in advertising and the reporting of news. There will be a specific focus on the different mechanics of propoganda production and dissemination that countries and various entites have employed in the past, as well as the effect of propoganda on its intended audience. For their final grade, students will design and present their own propoganda campaign on an approved topic. There are no prerequisites, but familiarity with European, Russian, or American history is highly recommended.
(Humanities)