A | B |
Appeal to fear | Fear is one of the most effective methods of controlling others |
Appeal to authority | Associated with fear, human beings seem reluctant to oppose authority |
Unwarranted emotional appeals | Even unrestrained joy (mania of a crowd) can persuade and make people lose their reason. |
Bandwagon technique | Everyone else is doing it; why not you, too? If you think otherwise, you’re not a patriotic. |
Glittering generalities | Using abstract and undefined language to the extent that people want to believe it. |
Obtain disapproval | Citizens band together to hate or stand against a common enemy. |
Stereotyping | It is much easier to disapprove of a group if we believe everyone in the group is the same. |
Scapegoating | Find a person or a group to blame it all on. |
Slogans | A motto or phrase that tis mindlessly repeated and has no particular meaning, but can bring people together in a common bond. |