What type of Propoganda is an appeal to pity?
Appealing to pity is when someone is trying to "tug on your heart strings." This is used in any commerials to get people to donate or help their cause.
Many people have seen the advertisement about animal adoption. They explain how many animals are suffering in society. The image above shows puppy that appears to have been through rough times.
Adoption center's use the fallacy calls appealing to pity. They use this by making people feel bad about a puppy, kittens, and other animals are being beaten and tortured. They make people want to save an innocent soul in need to try and get people to adopt on of their animals. |
Just like the image above, organizations create commercials showing people that are starving. The image above is showing children in Africa. You can tell by the picture that they are suffering because they have a lack of nutrition and are in the verge of death if they are not properly cared for.
These organizations also use appealing to pity. They show what’s going on in 3rd World countries to persuade people to aid them in saving these starving children. Ways to aid them are usually donating money to feed a child to essentially save their lives. |