Intergalactic Summit

Greetings Capsuleers,






Introduction:


In an effort to better myself I'm taking a sociology class here in Couster Academy, and the first semester topic is Wartime media and communications broadcast.

I've selected as an assignment "Propaganda as the primary weapon of war", and I've gathered some reference material from the four different culture's media outlets, which I believe highlights, more than sufficiently, the divergent ethos, characteristics and goals, of the different races.


All the selected propaganda material has the same underlying theme, however: Going to war for the sake of what you stand for.


Patriotism, Faith, Fear and Pride are consistent themes - Enough, I feel, to draw comparisons between the methods and execution of these different materials, and marvel at a common, almost synchronized manner of delivery.


For my own part, I believe these pieces serve as a method of indoctrination towards baseliners, as a means to justify and ensure the continued existence of Capsuleers, as a spectacular near-deity to be idolized and feared.

I wonder therefore, how capsuleers across the different cultures actually view these portrayals.
Are they immune to this type of "flattery"?


Some Questions:

As part of the observational sciences aspect of my assignment, I would like to ask the capsuleer community to take a moment to review the media holos below.

Then I would ask you to reflect on the following, and perhaps comment on it:

Does the "propaganda" snippet that defines your culture adequately reflect your personal views and feelings?
Simply: Does this promotional material make you want to salute the flag of your nation, or sneer disgustedly at the primitive attempt of your society to manipulate you.

What do you feel/think when you consider the other races attempts to meet and mirror the effort of your own.

I would also ask anyone that feels themselves outside of the net of this material to describe what they feel after being "exposed" to it.
Curiosity? Disgust? Indifference? At a purely aesthetic level is there nothing positive to consider here?

Particularly I wonder what outside factions such as the Sansha make of all this noise: Does it speak of our attempt to better ourselves, or merely contribute further to the hysteria?


Thank you for any insight you can offer.


Media Holos:

Gallente Public Broadcast

Amarr Public Broadcast

Caldari Public Broadcast

Minmatar Public Broadcast

The propaganda of your Federation and its ally, the Republic, both 'speak to you' while those of the Amarr and Caldari fail to.

All this tells us is that you've received the proper amount of cultural indoctrination.

I would ask then, Does the Caldari meterial speak to you in the same way?

We are a children of our upbringing, no question, and can hardly complain or deny that we foster emotion at the clarion call of our own tumpets.

Perhaps the young lady merely seeks other points of reference.


May I ask - Do you love your nation when you hear its anthem thusly?



I would add: I have little time for the bombast of Amarr self-righteousness.
That we are on a sacred mission, most assuredly. That it need be proclaimed in a haughty show of vainglorious might?

No. I have no time for that.

It works on me. I go slightly weak at the knees to be honest.

Did you get to meet any of the players by any chance? Perhaps grab a few id chips?

I ask only to learn. I'd love to do an interview as part of my... studies.

Your response was insightful - thank you.


I understand these holos are Concord issued, so therefore its not beyond reason that they are developed by a single studio.
I am already looking into the underlying history for my paper, as I need to give credit.

Perhaps the most important aspect for me is that each of these reels is authorized by the respective states to demonstrate their separate manifests.

The Gallente reel playes regularly on Gallente State broadcasts, and so on forth for the rest: A tacit approval from all to be thus promoted.


This is why I grasped the opportunity to use them as a basis for study: It's rare that one can take four vastly different cultures, and distill them down to a simple format that stands comparison so evenly.

Thank you for your interest and comments.

Thankyou for your response Makkal, it is right on the mark I think.

I am, as an earlier commentator noted, only a child of my upbringing.
Perhaps a foolish child - I've been scolded often enough.

I can't help but dance to the music that inspires me to dance. Perhaps the best "propaganda" is the one that allows us to appreciate it even as we realize what it is. The truth hits harder than any lie, after all?

"Rifters every day" is my sincere sentiment, in part due to our propaganda efforts to idolize the Rifter Hero.

I'm afraid I draw a complete blank also.

Appearances to the contrary, I fear I am not as 'with it' as I once was.

I find them all very beautiful. And they all turn my stomach, because the bloodsport they promote is so ugly.

What a waste of noble words. It's a shame.

It is no surprise when the Minmatar or Gallente resort to using propaganda, but as an Amarrian I much prefer to use the methodology of public relations.