Transcript World War I Propaganda

World War I Propaganda
Propaganda:
A specific message designed to influence the
opinions and/or behaviors of people.
Propaganda posters objectives
 Recruitment of soldiers
 Financing the war effort
 Eliminating dissent and unifying the country
 Conservation of resources
 Participation in home-front organizations
What tools are
used to create
propoganda?
DEMONIZATION
 Portraying the enemy as purely evil, menacing, murderous, and
aggressive
 Removes all confusion about who the public should hate
 More powerful when committing atrocities against women and
children
EMOTIONAL APPEALS
 Plays on people’s emotions to promote the war effort
 Usually plays on fear
 Careful to explain the detail the action they want the viewer
to carry out
NAME CALLING
 Uses loaded labels to encourage hatred of the enemy
 Labels like “commies”, “Japs,” and “Huns” reinforce negative
stereotypes
Hun was a derogatory term
Used by the British and
Americans to describe German
Soldiers during the WWI.
PATRIOTIC APPEALS
 Uses patriotic language or symbols to appeal to people’s
national pride
HALF-TRUTHS OR LIES
 Deception or twisting the truth
 May have some element of truth to make it more persuasive
 Blaming the enemy for complete responsibility for the war
CATCHY SLOGANS
 Memorable phrases to foster support
 “Remember the Maine!”
EVOCATIVE VISUAL SYMBOLS
 Symbols that appeal to people’s emotions
 Flags, statues, mothers and children, enemy uniforms
HUMOR OR CARICATURES
 Captures the viewer’s attention through the use of humor to
promote the war
 Enemy is always the butt of the jokes
Analyze the poster
1. What is the topic of the poster?
2. Are there any symbols that help
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us conclude who created the
poster?
What is the intent/purpose of
the poster?
How does the poster attempt to
fulfill its purpose?
What historical information do
you need to know to understand
the poster?
Are there any items of note to
make?
What do these have in common?
Can we make generalizations?
Encouraging civilians to
conserve food
- Bright Colors
- Asking men,
woman and children
to help out
How was the war presented at home?
Using propaganda posters as our inroad....
Women- traditional
family image- waiting
at home for their
men- encouraging
them- glorifying their
heroic deeds- men
protecting their
family- gives men
sense of being the
‘protector’- noble/
valiant implications.
Font grabs you- bold and
commanding. Underlining
the command adds to
urgency of demand
Systematic analysis of this
propaganda poster
Glamorised
Colors- grey skies
represent danger and
despair- emphasising
the heroic nature of
the soldiers. Only
hope comes from ray
of yellow color- the
home, where proud
families wait and hope
and have high
expectation of their
‘protectors’/ saviours.
Focus: The images, the text and language used,
the font, the colours and the layout.
Now you are going to
create your own
propaganda poster!