In the book “1984” propaganda is everywhere, from the novel to the movie. Even the book is set in a time when there was propaganda all over the streets. Propaganda is a type of message, advertising, or news aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people, rather than impartially providing information. The novel uses many types of propaganda techniques but the ones I see most of are deification, fear, and bandwagon. Deification is used by big brother as he is portrayed as this god figure that everybody needs to look up to, and if you don’t follow the rules he has put into place something bad could happen to you which is where fear comes in. The thought police and big brother cause fear for everyone, knowing they are always watching makes citizens of Oceania fear anything they do. This is why Winston burned the paper showing proof that Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were innocent; he was too afraid he would be caught by the telescreen. An example of bandwagon propaganda in this book is when Winston participated in the 2 minutes of hate even though he did not agree with what he was yelling, but because everyone else was yelling he joined in too. There are many more examples of propaganda in the book “1984” but these were the most prominent.
