The power of propaganda Government controls

1. The power of propagandaGovernment controls

2. The concept of propaganda • Propaganda involves the government presenting a certain type of message to the public aimed at influencing public opinion, often appealing to emotions. • Propaganda can take the shape of any media that has the ability to easily reach the media • Propaganda during WW2 was always aimed at whoever we were fighting against at the time.

3. The concept of Propaganda • Propaganda went hand in hand with conscription and censorship. • At first the propaganda in Australia was aimed at the European theatre and the Nazis • As the pacific came the main theatre of war so to did the aim of our propaganda. • Propaganda was used to create a certain mood in Australia

4. Conscription • Conscription is the forced military service for your country • During WW2 Australia was faced with the same problem as it was during the first world war. • The Australian government could not conscript soldiers into fighting overseas • Instead the attempted in encouraging men to join the AIF

5. Conscription • Many influential individuals in Australia wanted conscription to be introduced because they thought it was a fairer way of raising numbers. • This was because volunteer soldiers were not always the fittest or best conditioned soldiers • Some company’s even demanded service. A company called Denny’s in Melbourne guaranteed a job for soldiers once they had finished their military service.

6. Conscription • In 1939 Australia was only able to conscript soldier into protecting Australian territory. • These soldiers were known as a militia. • Australian men were conscripted over the age of 21 for this mandatory service • In 1943 a bill was passed for soldiers to be able defend outside Australian territory in the South west pacific this was ground braking. • Although only a tiny section of the pacific theatre these solders played major roles in crucial battles.

7. Censorship • Censorship was imposed on Australia as soon as war was declared on Germany on the 3rd of September 1939. • The government on averaged censored eight items per day • The war lasted for 2070 days this means the government may have censored 16,560 items

8. Censorship • The main aims of censorship during the war was • To prevent valuable information getting into the enemy hands • To prevent false impressions of Australia overseas • To maintain high morale on the home front • World war two censorship was coordinated through the federal department of information (DOI) established in 1939.

9. Censorship • War time news was most accessible through radio over 80% of all Australians had access to radio. • So the government worked hard to censor this media. • An example of censorship during WW2 was the bombing of Darwin. • The radio had announced the next day only 15 deaths, the real number exceeded 240.

10. Censorship • Censorship went as far as covering up industrial disputes. • The reasons was to try and keep a respected view of all Australians. • The government was also attempting to reduce newspaper producers down to 60% from pre war size • The DOI focused on radio, print and materials to promote Australia’s war effort.

11. Conscription propaganda-1 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

12. Conscription propaganda-2 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

13. Conscription propaganda-3 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

14. Conscription propaganda-4 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

15. Conscription propaganda-5 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

16. Conscription propaganda-6 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

17. Conscription propaganda-7 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?

18. Home front propaganda-8 • T- type • O- origin • M- motive • A- audience • C- context • R- reliability • U- Usefulness • How is this poster censored?