REVIEW THE UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE ( WWW.USA.GOV). NOW COMPARE IT TO THE EUS WEBSITE WWW.EUROPA.EU ( BE SURE TO ENTER THROUGH EN IF YOU WNAT IN ENGLISH). ARE THESE EFFECTIVE PROPAGANDA TOOLS? EVALUATE AND COMPARE.

Websites as propaganda tools : Yea or Nay

Usually companies launch their own websites so that the markets that they want to invade ' can be exposed to the company , building a forum for the rapport to be established between the corporate entities and their potential customers . Or some utilize the internet to espouse a cause or belief that certain people want to share with other groups in a way that would not entail a great amount of time and effort . Or others such as the two websites discussed here , tend to be for the

spreading of ideas to help a person (Merriam Webster , 2008

The two sites , for the United States government and for the European Union (EU , seem to fall into the definition very nicely . Put head to head , the two facilities tend to be about equal in its navigation processes that greatly assist any first-timer to their sites . One thing that seems to give the United States site a bit of an advantage is its FCIC Multi language Gateway (OCSC , 2008 . Though the European Union does also have translations of the site in other languages , the United States site reaches out to a more diverse group , rather than the EU site that caters more to the residents of the Union . If the criteria will be strictly based on their effectiveness as propaganda tools , the U .S . site gains the advantage

As earlier stated , propaganda tools are used to communicate ideas easily to more people . Here , the U .S . site seems again to win the upper hand , as it comes with a considerable variety of s for any visitor student or just a surfer on the internet . Though the EU site does offer more of the same , propaganda does not only include the ability to communicate . It also involves the ease to communicate the idea to the audience . The ideas or s must be accessible with a relative degree of ease that will allow faster transmission of the ideas to the intended audience

All in all , both sites are quite adequate tools for propaganda , but the U .S . site has proven to be the more effective tool for disseminating its ideas and s for the people

References

Merriam Webster Online (2008 .Propaganda . Retrieved May 30 , 2008 , from Merriam-Webster website

HYPERLINK "http /www .merriam-webster .com /dictionary /propaganda http /www .merriam-webster .com /dictionary /propaganda

Office of Citizen Services and Communications (2008 . FCIC Multi language Gateway . Retrieved May 30 , 2008 , from OCSC website

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