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Political Political Voting Generate pursuade, Primary Shows what successful or Heat of campaign
Campaign Candidate Public Support garner is popular unsuccesful battle, Promises
Speech support, with public candidate? made to be broken
challenge Political ideology
Speech by A the Public boost morale reassure, Primary Offical view, Winning or losing Consider the type of
Leader or High Governmen or the send a rally, extent of the war? Type of government
Ranking t (consider military message to engage, understandin government? Consider the military
Official During which one) own people or motivate, g and political
Wartime to enemies bolster situation
Speech To Political Consider To increase solidify, Primary Insight into Partisan Realistic based on
Business Leader or the group production, to inspire, economic audience, other
Leaders industrialist solidify political motivate, situation political factors
support stimulate
Speech to Political Legislatur Partisan convince, primary Key domestic Popularity of Partisan, public,
Government or Leader e- message attack, or foreign leader bounded by political
Legislature (perhaps in perhaps denounce, policiy realities
opposition?) also message
foreign
politicians
Speech To Party Partisan Create unity of soldify, primary Semi-private Extent of power, Type of government?
Party Caucus Leader Politicians policy clarify, insight into ex. Stalin vs. N. Where in leadership
maintain, political Chamberlain cycle?
quell situation
dissent
Political Editorialist/ Viewing Spread opinion criticise, Primary May be a Political/ Propaganda value, a
Cartoon Journalist Public of the paper expose, popular ideological fringe perspective?
challenge, perspective alliance
belittle
Newspaper Journalist Readers Narrow account inform, primary May be editorial slant of proximity to the
Article of an event enlighten, based on the paper event, timewise and
more than geographically
one
observer/
source
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soldier?, e or feelings inform, feelings or sender? situational
political invite beliefs understanding
activist?
Business/ politican?, addresse Matter of sell, primary Expertise of Personal stake What is the author's
professional industrialist e financial or convince, the author for gain or loss involvement in the
Correspondenc ? political political enhance, subject
e activist? importance diminsh
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Propaganda government citizens Spread key indoctrinate primary Conveys key What type of What
Poster or part of messaging , spread, priorities or government?, perspectives/belifs
influence, expresses What is the are being ignored?
impact, fear/weaknes political
create ses situation?
Diary/Journal perhaps record private reflect, often intended to position may lacks reflection that
self- thoughts for record primary be read only limit scope of comes from distance
reflection, some future in reflection, understanding
memoir reference very likely
or post (consider the includes
mortem author's private
public position) thoughts
Memoir the public to publicize immortalize, secondary Provides an May be part of a Depending on the
personal memorialize individual's personal or time lapsed facts
feelings about , illuminate, opinion with political vendetta may have become
a specific event criticize, the benefit foggy, the time lapse
endorse, of hindsight allows for prepared
justify defense of actions
Academic either a but may to advance and educate, secondary Is based on The authorrs The research may be
Textbook person or a be limited academic inform, research and may have incomplete or
team, with to agenda, defend prepared by commercial politically coerced or
what academic possibly to sell experts in motivations motivated
background circles books the subject
?
Political Tract a partisan the public outline party influence, primary Publicizes Focuses on creating
writer platform or sway, official policy a favourable spin
policies to elicit manipulate rather than facts
support
Painting usually many from immortalise, primary Subject Unlimited Subject matter is
public creative represent, or matter is asrtisitic license often based on
expression to symbolize secondary significant to financial reward
propaganda someone
Table of government to present data validate, likely provdes hard may be context is key to
Statisitcs department prove, secondary data politically understanding data
or research verify motivated
organization
