Based on a concept from Charles Cooley in his book, Social Organization: A Study of the Larger Mind (1909), a social can be classified into few groups and secondary groups is a big group with a lot of people, gather for a same goal or certain purpose. Most of them gather together to get some benefit and they are less connected on emotion factor, unless someone affected their benefit.
Secondary groups might can represent the relationship between Soviet Union, China and North Korea before the happening of Sino-Sovient split . Their relationship is just like the-colleague-relationship. Although they hold their hands together, sometimes they have differences and arguments. But when someone has affected them, they will join hands to fight against the enemies.
When the Korean War happened, China sent their force to North Korea for the war. Inside China, they use the media to make people have a bad impression on the USA and let them beware because China and North Korea are neighbouring countries. Once China has lost the battle,it will affect them in various aspects. Poster are familiar in the past China. They print or paint it out and hang it on the street to remind and alert the people. The woman and baby in The Korean War poster might make people sympathy on them because they are the weak that can’t fight with the strong, which is the armies from the USA.
When I read a post by the editor of Global Times, Hu Xijin (2019). He said that the government should not control public’s opinion because it might bring more disadvantages to the government and country. This reminds me that maybe I can try to link the management of public opinion with the propaganda art because China is well-known in supervising public opinion in the past.
Reference:
1.Cooley, C. (1909). Social organization: A Study of the Larger Mind. London: Routledge.
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2.Gomà Pinilla, D. (2004). Border Disputes between China and North Korea. [online] Journals.openedition.org. Available at: https://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/806
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3.Xijin,H. (2019) 12 December. Available at: https://www.weibo.com/huxijin?from=myfollow_group&is_all=1#1577380148853
[Accessed: 12 December 2019]
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