Images and other forms of media can also enhance one's research. The use of artwork and images have been essential to out interpretation of history. The Paul Revere's copperplate of the "Boston Massacre" has always been stuck in my mind since I was a child. Upon seeing the "Redcoats" shooting American Colonists it is hard not to have emotions of disdain.
However, this image and many images throughout history have been made as pieces of propaganda to encourage public support in favor or against different causes. During and after the Civil War there were films that promoted the Confederate cause and most horrifying the actions of the KKK. Similarly, Nazi Germany also used films and other propaganda to support the heinous and unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust.
Do you see propaganda in the television media today and if so where?
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