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PROPAGANDA

PROPAGANDA. Propaganda – (noun) information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause. Usually biased information used to shape public opinion and behavior.

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PROPAGANDA

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  1. PROPAGANDA • Propaganda – (noun) information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause. Usually biased information used to shape public opinion and behavior. • In WWII, propaganda was used more than any other time this world has seen. With new technological inventions such as photography, radio and film, manipulative messages bombarded everyday life in an attempt to persuade a person to believe in a specific cause.

  2. PROPAGANDA • It’s power depends on: • Message • Technique • means of communication • Environment • audience receptivity • Propaganda uses: truths, half-truths, or lies, omits

  3. PROPAGANDA • Propaganda uses: • Truths, half-truths, or lies • Omits information selectively • Simplifies complex issues or ideas • Plays on emotions • Advertises a cause • Attacks opponents • Targets desired audiences

  4. Rosie the Riveter An image that symbolized women working in the war industries. It was used to encourage women to help fill traditional male roles while men were fighting in the war.

  5. Other propaganda posters encouraging women to join in the effort to win the war

  6. Propaganda to encourage people to produce more in the factories

  7. Propaganda to encourage citizens to knit clothes

  8. Rationing The distribution of a fixed amount of items that are in short supply. Citizens back on the homefront were asked to support the war effort by using fixed amounts of scarce resources needed for the war, such as shoes, metal, rubber, gas, sugar, coffee, meat, and butter.

  9. Propaganda for military recruitment

  10. Propaganda used as scare tactics

  11. Liberty Bonds helped raise money to fund the war

  12. Propaganda encouraged citizens to conserve needed goods

  13. And to recycle materials needed for the war effort

  14. Propaganda also encouraged patriotism

  15. Growing a Victory Garden would help save food for soldiers

  16. Even Dr. Seuss drew propaganda posters.http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/10/dr-seusss-wartime-propaganda-cartoons/

  17. Wartime Disney PropagandaAll Together (3 min.) Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcndYCgmUIo Advertisement for war treasury bonds

  18. Walt Disney Cartoon Hitler's Children • Propaganda cartoon about how Germany soldiers are made • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8bCuNiJ-NI • Run time 10:11

  19. Bugs Bunny Anti-Japanese Propaganda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UPQ9-jw6M Show 1:00-3:00 and 6:00-7:00 Identify the propaganda stereotypes used

  20. Video of Propaganda Posters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAttrxM0nN4

  21. Donald Duck Joins the Army http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoq1gzo_pSg

  22. The Three Little Pigs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEcJF0EVT54

  23. BANNED - (1942) PopeyeYou're A Sap, Mr. Jap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOmkvEMLIT0

  24. Education For DeathDisney WW2 Propaganda Cartoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG15bVweujE

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