With the recent national tragedy, it can be said, with reasonable certainty,
             that our country, and much of the world, is in discord. We have been so
             saturated with newsclips and printed images of the two planes colliding
             purposefully into the World Trade Center Twin Towers that our fragile psyches
             have become exhausted. As the days and weeks have come to pass, however, our
             nation has taken on an air of patriotism and unity as the result of one
             Society co-exists with propaganda. The actions and opinions of today's
             individuals are gauged by the amount of influence propagated messages have had
             on their behavior. This method of persuasion is not new; on the contrary,
             propaganda has been around to sway opinions in a given direction since
             communication began. Perhaps the most prevalent are the messages that are sent
             during times of war. For it is during this state of national emergency that
             world leaders use propaganda as a vehicle for volunteer participation, patriotic
             support on the home front and demoralizing defense tactics behind enemy lines.
             In this new war, propaganda has been the key to preparing for and fighting an
             unknown enemy. As we all band together to fight future terrorism, it can be
             seen that propaganda, in all its forms, is a legitimate and necessary means to
             achieving the support, funding and desired attitudes crucial to the nation's war
             Propaganda is "the systematic attempt to manipulate the attitudes, beliefs and
             actions of people through the use of symbols such as words, gestures, slogans,
             flags and uniforms" (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Propaganda). This
             definition implies that while the term's negative connotation is taken to mean
             "ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further a cause or to
             damage an opposing cause," propaganda can be separated from education and
             information in the way that is deliberately s...