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Propaganda: the word used to describe the
process of persuading people to believe in
certain idea or set of ideas.
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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
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1. Persuade Enlistment: Used to fire up the
imagination of young people and make them
eager to j oin the Armed Forces .
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. Appea1 to Women: Encourage women to do
their part at home to help out with the war
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. 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
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were evil. The posters called for Canadian
Patri-otism.
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. 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.
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can be false or misleading - can be distorted by passion
intended to persuade an audience
can come from variors sources
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- individuals
- businesses
- govemments
- political parties
- religious groups
* all propaganda come through various forms
of media:
- newspapers, radio, T.V, etc.
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The word "propaganda" cornes from "propagate," which means to cause to groi,v or spread.
Propaganda involves
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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.
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Propaganda posters are designed to detriver a specific message to a specific audience. Some
techniques used to create propaganda posters include
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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
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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
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