User:Fredburtonw/sandbox

Final Recommendation
I plan to place the following section in a new light. I will not be making actual edits to the section on Politics for the Propaganda wikipedia page but instead will leave recommendations on the talk page.

While the page goes in depth about the extent to which propaganda became pervasive in politics throughout history, there is a lacking aspect with regard to documenting the history of propaganda, in politics. In order to provide a more complete picture of propaganda politics the history of propaganda in politics must be documented without bias or without the lack of ultimate understanding. As noted by the text Film propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema by Jo Fox. The author documents the history of propaganda in political theaters through the use of documenting the government(s) use of the advertising to control nations, such as in Nazi Germany.Further, to avoid the bias previously mentioned, the text "Facts, propaganda, or history? Shaping political memory in the Nabonidus Chronicle." Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire by Caroline Waerzeggers documents the historical aspect of propaganda in politic. Overall, the sub-section does a good job of attempting to capture the role of propaganda in politics, however, these are the areas one find they can be improved upon.

Proposal

 * The article the group has chosen to edit is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#Politics

We seek to delve further than merely editing the entire Propaganda section in wikipedia due to our focus on political propaganda. Throughout history there has been a pattern of the use of propaganda in politics and it was found crucial to focus on these aspects, which will be noted in the bibliography. The sheer lack of size of the section also indicated that there was much more to be added. In my focus, there will be a historical aspect, with regard to the trends of propaganda from post 16th century on. From Napoleon, to Hitler, to even Donald Trump propaganda has been used and witnessed throughout history and the current selection on wikipedia does not do this topic justice.


 * Thornton, T., & Taithe, B. (1999). Propaganda: Political Rhetoric and Identity 1300-2000. (1 ed.) (Themes in History). Sutton.

This text delves into the historic evolution of propaganda and allows one to truly see the trends upon which they take. Due to the large sample size of 1300-2000 the text contains, one found it useful in providing a backdrop for such a historical analysis.


 * Waerzeggers, Caroline. "Facts, propaganda, or history? Shaping political memory in the Nabonidus Chronicle." Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire (2015): 95-124

This text questions the use of propaganda and ultimately provides a critical viewpoint of it, which one finds crucial to the unbiasedness of covering the topic. It must be looked at from each angle


 * Fox, J. C. Film propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II cinema. Berg, 2007.

This text provides a specific historical look into propaganda and its use, allowing one to provide specific historical context in order to demonstrate not only the nature of propaganda in politics but actual real life examples.


 * As a group, we would like to split up work as equally and fair as we can. There are 4 of us, and one section we want to really focus on, so this will allow us to put in more detailed and intricate work. We do not have a detailed timeline yet, but once we get our references down we will start work right away.
 * The need for the page to be edited comes from a lack of depth surrounding a historical analysis as well as other factors such as conceptual.