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Pepe the Frog in Hong Kong
Background Information
There are protests going on in Hong Kong about resistance of the authoritarian state that is trying to take over there. Pepe the Frog started popping up as a symbol of youth and rebellion. He is also depicted wearing the yellow construction hat of the rebellion, and often appears as a journalist. He is a non threatening character in Hong Kong, and people are using him as a figurehead of the rebellion.
Technique Used
Simplify Ideas
This is propaganda because
It is propaganda because it is simplifying information into a cartoon frog, and making it into what the audience needs. It is taking a racial idea from the United States, as Pepe is often used as an alt-right figure, and turning it on its head. It is displayed all around in Hong Kong as graffiti and stickers. Pepe is used as a figure of how people in Hong Kong are feeling as a sad, moody frog.
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