In today's society people are oblivious to doublespeak. The government and television are known for using doublespeak to make things look and sound.
better then what they are. The American public is manipulated and deceived everyday by the people who use doublespeak and are unaware of its consequences.
Our government, the people who are in control of are freedom and rights use doublespeak to deceive us. They change the words of warfare to make them .
seem more pleasant, like "servicing the target" for killing the enemy, or "enhanced radiation device" for nuclear bomb. What is sad though is that the public is completely unaware of the consequences that this could have. There could be a nuclear bomb coming towards us that would destroy life as we know it; but all we would know is that it was a "very, large, potentially disruptive reentry system." The government also uses gobbledygook, another form of doublespeak that is full of technical, unfamiliar words. Most gobbledygook is just a bunch of impressive words that don't make any sense at all. Like in 1988 when Senator Dan Quayle explained the need for a strategic defense initiative by saying: "Why wouldn't an enhanced deterrent, a more stable peace, a better prospect to denying the ones who enter conflict in the first place to have a reduction of offensive systems and an introduction to defensive capability. I believe this is the route the country will eventually go." What does all that mean; the public unaware of doublespeak is just confused and will stay that way until the government decides to start making sense.
Television uses doublespeak to manipulate us into buying their product. The most common way that they use is called "Glittering Generalities," which means making things appear to be better then what they really are. For example, an ad using "preowned car" for used car, or "real imitation crab meat" for another product that taste like crab meat but isn't.
Lutz illustrates the styles of doublespeak into four categories. ... The first of such doublespeak involve the use of euphemisms. ... State Department is one of such who has used a euphemism as a doublespeak. ... I think lawyers can be most related to using jargon as a doublespeak. ... The third kind of doublespeak involves gobbledygook. ...
Doublespeak in the Media Doublespeak in the media is a powerful tool used to influence our sense of reality. ... Doublespeak can be a very destructive form of propaganda. ... Nearly everyone uses doublespeak. ... Doublespeak is designed to appear to communicate when it does not. ... How do we detect doublespeak? ...
Lutz's article on "Language, Appearance, and Reality: Doublespeak in 1984," is about the disguising of words to make sentences "more appropriate." ... Lutz describes at least four kinds of doublespeak: euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, and inflated. ... When euphemism is used to mislead or deceive, it has now become doublespeak. ... The fourth and final kind of doublespeak is inflation. ... But overall the notion of doublespeak is useful and helpful to those who use it right....
The terminology of "Doublespeak" may be consciously used to deceive. ... Use of doublespeak is easily seen and heard in political context. ... Doublespeak has a way of making wrong seem right, and the bad seem good. ... Society would benefit if when a politician spoke the public had a "doublespeak- translator". ... Doublespeak is a constantly changing language with obscure meanings often used by those in power....
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" Which means it is best to speak up according to Americans. But a saying in Japan the goes; " The nail that sticks out gets hammered back in" which implies that it is better to keep quiet. That is one difference that you can find between cultures but there are also...
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" Which means it is best to speak up according to Americans. But a saying in Japan the goes; " The nail that sticks out gets hammered back in" which implies that it is better to keep quiet. That is one difference that you can find between cultures but there are also...
The article called "Doubts About Doublespeak" by William Lutz. In this article, Lutz explains how government is trying to alter the way people react to words or phrases through a new way of rephrasing called doublespeak. One type of doublespeak is called euphemism. ...
Over the course of a person's life, propaganda will be a major factor in that person's everyday decisions. Propaganda is used to persuade people to support or adopt a certain opinion or attitude. In "Doubts About Doublespeak", William Lutz explains that "Doublespeak", or propaganda, "is a language w...
He'd likely tell you that it was the "challenge" that drew him into the project, which is Hollywood doublespeak for "sure thing" -- after all, there's nothing so breezy as dissolving a complex issue into three easy acts, especially when there are a few million avid readers out there who'll probably go see the film whether it's done with real actors or finger puppets. ...
