?(opaganqb Propaganda: the word used to describe the process of persuading people to believe in certain idea or set of ideas. a During World War One propaganda was used to persuade young men and women to I oin the Armed Forces, to influence how people at home felt about the war and Germany and to help the Union Government win the L9I1 €^AAF-l !vvv!9! nnf ^'l vIUvu!vII. -i ^^ 1. Persuade Enlistment: Used to fire up the imagination of young people and make them eager to j oin the Armed Forces . 2 . Appea1 to Women: Encourage women to do their part at home to help out with the war aFFn-fgIILJJ- 3 L. . Encourage votes for the union Goverrunent: Posters and cartoons were used to help shape support. Statements in the posters built on the beliefs that the German \rsl_rU.c].rr 6pzrr'ra yg\JvrE were evil. The posters called for Canadian Patri-otism. 4 . Controlling the News: Newspapers kept people up to date on the war since there was no television and few people had radios. The gcvernment did ncr want news about the number of casualties to be public so they set up a press bureau that controll_ed the information that the newspapers could print. This censorship angered people who believed canadians had a right to know the truth about what was going on in Europe. W.W.I Propaganda "Lropeganda": dissemination of ideas and inforsration for the purpose of inducing or intensifying spjcific attitudes and actions. * '; :t can be false or misleading - can be distorted by passion intended to persuade an audience can come from variors sources (examples) - individuals - businesses - govemments - political parties - religious groups * all propaganda come through various forms of media: - newspapers, radio, T.V, etc. -'-.- Working wi€fu Propaganda Fosters Name Class The word "propaganda" cornes from "propagate," which means to cause to groi,v or spread. Propaganda involves n spreading carefully . . selected infonnation, rumours, and ideas providing information that is often biased or distorted persuading people to support a goal When examining primary sources such as posters that were created as propaganda, remernber the fbllowing equation. lt will heip you read and interpret propaganda posters, as well as other prirnary- source do cuments. famtlY/ frtenlsl / "-:-:::::-., \.,,!.ener t, al pub c? V ot zr s? ol I i -.-**: ,,,--***'*,.cord? ,,'" ,'.,t"ttl.ip.'11.3^ Posf , Newspcper '''.,. .,/ ,/ 'n'.- erticle? ry Forgm = Fasrpege + A*sdiert€e ' ,,r,,' {;,--- *****"--- ili.Create propogondo? i a meslage? i t\-SendPersuade? ".-._**--_/,' / TecEaniques Propaganda posters are designed to detriver a specific message to a specific audience. Some techniques used to create propaganda posters include . . " " colour and symbols (e.g., red might symbolize blood) appeal to emotions (e.g., fear, sense of advenfure, sense of duty) images that are important to an audience (e.g., commitment to family, church, or country) bold slogans As a result, you may see some of the foiiowing ideas and images in World War I propaganda posters: . emotional images . threats to tamily, church, or country "e the Union Jack (Britain's flag) symbols of France, such as a soldier in French uniform Copyright O 2006 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. lrlay be reproduced for classroom use only.