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Structure and Philosophy of Government: Propaganda Techniques, Mao and Stalin

Mao: used the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) Influenced by Soviet propaganda techniques.

Because Mao had to organize a propaganda campaign around a rural, mostly illiterate populous, his techniques involve simple messages that can clearly be portrayed by images and expressions, rather than a lot of text.

Large portraits of Mao were put up in towns and cities, just as a reminded of how Mao reached everywhere, and also to build his cult of personality.

Methods/Mediums: Film, television Newspapers, pamphlets - Mao's newspaper was called //People's Daily//. Posters Radio Education system infiltration - a key focus of this was Mao's //Little Red Book//

Goals: To build up Mao's Cult of Personality To set an example for how citizens should act (hardworking, loyal, etc.) To denounce the evils of capitalism, the Western world and revisionists in the USSR who strayed from the Marxist path Promote Communism, show how China surpassed USSR.

Stalin: used the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD)

Methods/Mediums: Film, television Newspapers, pamphlets Posters Radio Forged documents, edited photographs and modified texts and materials - changed to shed positive light on Stalinism Education

Goals: Build a legacy and maintain a Cult of Personality. Promote Stalin's programs, 5 Year Plans and developments, especially economic policies and the agricultural collectivization Promote the benefits of Marxism while exhibiting the evils of capitalism

In the first photo we see Stalin with Nikolai Yezhov who used to serve as the chief of Stalin's secret police, but he is clearly absent from the edited photo: