Name-Calling
This poster was created by the United States during the horrifying events of World War II. In this piece of propaganda, a murderous, deformed Japanese soldier clutching a wicked knife with a claw-like hand, attempts to murder a poor civilian brutally. A caption below, in all capital letters, calls out, THIS IS THE ENEMY. Due to this, it is an example of a propaganda technique called Name Calling. This technique attempts to smear the opposition’s name and insult them severely. It’s clearly evident to anyone in their perspectives that the Japanese are depicted as monsters by the U.S., making them inhuman and unrelatable instead of a perfectly rational, humane group, and as such it is a name calling propaganda.
King, Mike. Digital image. Dailystormer.com. N.p., 8
Oct. 2013. Web.
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disgusting-idiotic-propaganda-posters-of-world-
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King, Mike. Digital image. Dailystormer.com. N.p., 8
Oct. 2013. Web.
<http://www.dailystormer.com/americas-
disgusting-idiotic-propaganda-posters-of-world-
war-ii/>.