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Propaganda

Propaganda. By Kaitlyn Zwerling, Jake Cataldo, Alexandra Jenkins . What is Propaganda?. The spreading of ideas about the war that were favorable to the government. Allied Powers Propaganda . Recruitment of soldiers Half-Truths or Lies/Demonization. Recruitment of soldiers

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Propaganda

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  1. Propaganda ByKaitlyn Zwerling, Jake Cataldo, Alexandra Jenkins

  2. What is Propaganda? • The spreading of ideas about the war that were favorable to the government.

  3. Allied Powers Propaganda • Recruitment of soldiers • Half-Truths or Lies/Demonization • Recruitment of soldiers • Patriotic Appeals

  4. Central Powers Propaganda • “Keep the homeland quiet” • Unifying the country • Caricatures • “Berlin- protect your home! Every strike protects us.” • Participation • Patriotic Appeals/Catchy Slogans

  5. Allied Powers PropagandaIn the United States • Participating in Home Front Organizations • Evocative Visual Symbols/Catchy Slogans • Conservation of Resources • Evocative Visual Symbols

  6. United States Propaganda Objective- recruit soldiers Tool- patriotic appeal and catchy slogans.

  7. Objective- Recruitment of soldiers. Tool- Evocative Visual Symbols and Emotional Appeal.

  8. Tool- caricature and a catchy slogan Objective- Participation in home-front

  9. Introduction to Film Propaganda • United States encouraged people to join the war for American freedom and devotion for your country. • Films were a large part of the United States way of getting citizens to support the war. • Reenactments of war were shown as films. • CPI Committee on public information to spread propaganda.

  10. Allied vs. Central Powers Propaganda: Enthusiastic posters from the beginning of WWI Great Britain: 1914 A recruitment poster. Uses catchy slogan “Follow Me!” Russia (1916): Translation of title: “Subscribe to the 5 ½ % war loan and pave the way to victory!” France (1916): Translation of title: “We’ll get them! The 2nd National Defense Loan. Subscribe.”

  11. Desperate attempts to continue support for the war France (1918): Translation of title: “For the last quarter hour, help me! Subscriptions of the National Loan available at the Banque Nationale de Credit” General Ferdinand Foch and his troops. United States (1917): “His Liberty Bond Paid For In full.” Image of fallen soldier. Austria (1917): Translation of title: “And you?”

  12. Help needed from the home front United States (1918): “Rivets are Bayonets Drive them home!” Soldiers and machinists working together. Germany (1915-16): Translation of title: “Collect fruit kernels for oil.” France (1918): Translation of title: “Frenchpeople, save gas.”

  13. Horror of the enemy Great Britain: (1918) “To prevent this Buy War Savings Certificates Now.” Germany soldiers mistreating laborers. Spiked helmets anti-German symbol. United States (1918): “Remember Belgium Buy Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan.” Depicts Germany as evil.

  14. Women’s help needed Great Britain (1915): “These women are doing their bit. Learn to make munitions.” Woman starting her job in factory. Russia (1916): Translation of title: “Everything for the war.” France (1918): Translation of title: “For the homeland, rest comrades.” Nurse guarding over French soldiers while sleeping.

  15. Propaganda Video

  16. Bibliography: Kaitlyn "World War I Propaganda Posters." World War I Reference Library. Ed. Sara Pendergast, Christine Slovey, and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2002. 169-188. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 25 Apr. 2013. Demm, Eberhard, and Sterling, Christopher H. "Propaganda: World War I." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

  17. Jake’s bibliography • Demm, Eberhard, and Sterling, Christopher H. "Propaganda: World War I." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2013 • "Reluctant Warriors: The United States in World War I." World War I Reference Library. Ed. Sara Pendergast, Christine Slovey, and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 1: Almanac. Detroit: UXL, 2002. 171-186. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 25 Apr. 2013. • "World War I Propaganda Posters." World War I Reference Library. Ed. Sara Pendergast, Christine Slovey, and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2002. 169-188. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 25 Apr. 2013

  18. Bibliography: Alexandra Thomson Gale: • Propaganda. David Welch. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Cline Horowitz. Vol. 5. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. p1916-1923. Word Count: 4972. • Propaganda. Max Paul Friedman. Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. Vol. 6. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. p502-504. Word Count: 1516. ABC- CLIO: • Kislenko, Arne. "Atrocities: World War I." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 2 May 2013.

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