Princess Diana was a strong woman who was loved by the people of Wales. She was a member of the British royal family as the first wife of Prince Charles, who is the eldest child and heir of Queen Elizabeth II. Together they had two children named Prince William and Prince Harry. Princess Diana and Prince Charles divorced on August 28th, 1996. A year later, on August 31st, 1997, tragedy happened: Princess Diana died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel. After hearing about her death, there was public mourning from the people caused by the extensive attention from the media. Author, Donna Cross states, “Propaganda is a means of persuasion that can be put to work for good causes as well as bad” (257). Because of her celebrity status, the media
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This transformed her tragic death into a publicity stunt that remained a topic of conversation long after she died. Even though the people would have reacted with gloom over the death of Princess Diana, regardless of what the reporters said, the media created its own uproar about Princess Diana's death because they offered unreliable information, withheld information, and used fallacies in their reporting.
When princess Diana died, the media reported much information on her death. The reporters started spreading conspiracy theories – which led people to consider the possibility that Princess Diana’s death was murder. In 2000, author David Pryce-Jones, wrote a newspaper article stating that “Lady Diana and Dodi were murdered by the British secret services, upon instructions from the royal family. What was the royal motive? Diana and Dodi were engaged to be married, and the royal family could not accept that Prince William, the future king, …show more content…
They would report rumors and conspiracy theories to twists the people’s minds. However, even though the theories may not have been reported as a fact, people tend to believe conspiracy theories easily because it makes people feel important by knowing secretive information. The media twists people’s minds with rumors and theories in ways like this because it is easy for the media to make people believe what they are telling them. Authors, Karen Douglas and Robbie Sutton say that scholars characterize conspiracy theories as an attempt to explain the cause of events that were plotted by a secret association of powerful individuals or organizations, rather than a natural occurrence. A reason some people believe in conspiracy theories is because people like to believe in and explain events that are beyond their control. Some researchers view conspiracy theory belief as a response to powerlessness. In increasing massive and anonymous organizational forces, conspiracy theories allow people to believe the possibility that these fundamental forces shape their future. Less powerful individuals believe in conspiracy theories because it allows them to feel like they are in possession of important or secret information. The belief in conspiracy theories is often seen as foolish and illogical, nonetheless, the popularity of conspiracy theories grows over time, and the theories become more elaborate (211). The media put out conspiracy theories
This transformed her tragic death into a publicity stunt that remained a topic of conversation long after she died. Even though the people would have reacted with gloom over the death of Princess Diana, regardless of what the reporters said, the media created its own uproar about Princess Diana's death because they offered unreliable information, withheld information, and used fallacies in their reporting.
When princess Diana died, the media reported much information on her death. The reporters started spreading conspiracy theories – which led people to consider the possibility that Princess Diana’s death was murder. In 2000, author David Pryce-Jones, wrote a newspaper article stating that “Lady Diana and Dodi were murdered by the British secret services, upon instructions from the royal family. What was the royal motive? Diana and Dodi were engaged to be married, and the royal family could not accept that Prince William, the future king, …show more content…
They would report rumors and conspiracy theories to twists the people’s minds. However, even though the theories may not have been reported as a fact, people tend to believe conspiracy theories easily because it makes people feel important by knowing secretive information. The media twists people’s minds with rumors and theories in ways like this because it is easy for the media to make people believe what they are telling them. Authors, Karen Douglas and Robbie Sutton say that scholars characterize conspiracy theories as an attempt to explain the cause of events that were plotted by a secret association of powerful individuals or organizations, rather than a natural occurrence. A reason some people believe in conspiracy theories is because people like to believe in and explain events that are beyond their control. Some researchers view conspiracy theory belief as a response to powerlessness. In increasing massive and anonymous organizational forces, conspiracy theories allow people to believe the possibility that these fundamental forces shape their future. Less powerful individuals believe in conspiracy theories because it allows them to feel like they are in possession of important or secret information. The belief in conspiracy theories is often seen as foolish and illogical, nonetheless, the popularity of conspiracy theories grows over time, and the theories become more elaborate (211). The media put out conspiracy theories