WWII Propaganda notes
What is propaganda?
War propaganda is a set of messages aimed at the morale of its target population.
What does morale mean?
It can be aimed at one's own civil or military population for the purpose of ______________________, or it can be aimed at the enemy's civil or military population for the purpose of _______________________. In the latter case, it is a form of ___________________________________
Propaganda is often ______________________.
The English word propaganda was _________________________________ for messages advocating a position or policy.
However, following the First World War, there was a backlash against wartime government propaganda, and the word became an _________________________________________________________________.
This was particularly true in the United States, where Allied propaganda was blamed for drawing the country into an unnecessary war and where the _____________ administration was criticized for having imposed unprecedented ________________________________________________________________________________.
The totalitarian fascist governments of the Axis powers and of communist Soviet Union established ministries of propaganda to manipulate public opinion in their own countries.
This reinforced the insulting connotations of the word propaganda in England and the United States, which may have helped prevent a repeat of the restrictive policies of the _______________administration.
Instead, the majority of the press engaged in voluntary ________________ of information that could be helpful to the enemy, while criticisms of the Roosevelt administration continued even after U.S. entry into the war.
Though the attack on _______________ guaranteed that there would be little criticism of the decision to go to war, criticisms of its conduct were occasionally quite sharp, particularly in the Republican press.
D.E.N.G.
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DEMONIZATION:
__________________________________________________________________
Angry facial expressions
Animalistic features
Disturbing behavior
EXEMPLIFICATION:
__________________________________________________________________.
Examples:
Saving gas by sharing rides
Buying war bonds to support the troops
Taking a job as a factory worker
NATIONALISM:
_________________________________________________________
Examples:
American Flag
Bald Eagle
Uncle Sam
GLORIFICATION:
_________________________________________________________________________
Examples:
Images of conflict or violence
Showing bravery or courage
Claiming that a position that is not generally considered important as heroic.
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