"ALL PROPAGANDA HAS TO BE POPULAR AND HAS TO ACCOMMODATE ITSELF TO THE COMPREHNSION OF THE LEAST INTELLIGENT OF THEOES WHOM IT SEEKS TO REACH." ~ADOLF HITLER
Propaganda
Propaganda has been used all through history. The home of propaganda for the US was the Office of War (O.W.I). Photographers took pictures of the battle fields, families who lived during the war, women working in factories, and dealt with a large amount of righteous issues. The OWI used many propaganda tools. The most common were posters, pamphlets, news reports, radio shows, and movies/tv shows. Some common propaganda types were fear, bandwagon, name-calling, responding to tone, contradiction, and refuting to central point. Propaganda had many themes. Some common themes were the consequences of careless talk, conservation, civil defense, alliances, victory gardens, “women power”, and anti-German and Japanese problems. Propaganda was geared to be both positive and negative. The messages that were displayed on the posters made the war personal and made people feel like the soldiers needed them. Some posters showed that people could make a difference and be good Americans. The supporters didn't want to do anything that could jeopardize the troops. Propaganda creators made the posters colorful, happy and positive. Other creators took another approach and showed the dark side of the war.
FAMOUS POSTERS
We can do it!- this poster represented the women who worked in the factories who produced the weapons and ammunition for the war.
*Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. |
Make due and mend- It was intended to provide housewives with useful tips on how to be both simple and stylish in times of harsh rationing. The reader was told to patch holes on warn clothes, turn women clothes into men's clothes or vise-versa
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