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Propaganda in World War One

Explore the power and tactics of propaganda during World War One with a focus on posters. Discover the tricks used to mobilize support, raise funds, and shape public opinion. Analyze and decode propaganda messages to understand their impact.

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Propaganda in World War One

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  1. Propaganda in World War One

  2. What is Propaganda? • Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation aimed at serving an agenda. At its root, the denotation of propaganda is 'to propagate (actively spread) a philosophy or point of view'. • The most common use of the term (historically) is in political contexts; in particular to refer to certain efforts sponsored by governments or political groups.

  3. FAKE NEWS is PROPAGANDA!

  4. Is advertising propaganda?

  5. Glittering Generalities Name Calling

  6. Testimonial Plain Folks

  7. Bandwagon Transfer Card-stacking

  8. Why do we use Propaganda? • Each of the nations which participated in World War One from 1914-18 used propaganda posters. • They used posters to: • justify their involvement to their own populace • As a means of recruiting men • A way to raise money and resources to sustain the military campaign. • To urge conservation

  9. Why Posters? • Television had not yet been invented • Not everyone owned or had access to a radio • Posters were the most effective means of getting a message across

  10. Government Support • Quite often propaganda is connected with negative emotions • During the Great War the governments needed money for the war effort so they focused their efforts on posters aimed at raising money from citizens for the war effort

  11. Propaganda uses Seven Tricks to get their message across Seven Tricks (see handout) Activity: In small groups of 2-3, examine the following posters and identify the ‘tricks’ used in the posters---there might be multiple tricks in each.

  12. Poster 1 (GB)

  13. Poster 2 (GB)

  14. Poster 3 (GB)

  15. Poster 4 (GB)

  16. Poster 5 (GB)

  17. Poster 6 (CANADA)

  18. Poster 7 (GB)

  19. Poster 8 (GB)

  20. Poster 9 (USA)

  21. Poster 10 (USA)

  22. Poster 11 (USA)

  23. Poster 12 (USA)

  24. Poster 13 (USA)

  25. Poster 14 (Germany)

  26. Poster 15 (USA)

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