Destination Earth

• The overt message is that petroleum a great wonder of modern technology. It is also that capitalism and a free market economy is the best way for a country to run.
• The covert message is that one should support the petroleum industry and buy all petroleum products. The covert message was also that communism was bad for Americans.
• This is definitely propaganda because it shamelessly praises the resource of petroleum but never explicitly tells the viewer to buy petroleum. It also presents the message in a very underhanded way by dressing it up as a cute little cartoon. The methods it uses to get across its points are transfer, glittering generalities, and bandwagon.