Download World War One Propaganda

World War One
Propaganda
during World war
one
What is Propaganda?
Propaganda is a form of
communication that is aimed
at influencing the attitude of a
community toward some
cause or position.
 Propaganda can be expressed
through speech, posters,
songs, and any other
methods of communicating
with the general population.
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Canadian Propaganda
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Canada used propaganda during world war
one to convince the majority population to
support and contribute to the Canadian Army
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Canada used propaganda to promote
criticisms towards the Germans.
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The propagandas were word-based, and used
simple images to convey their intent
messages.
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This poster uses simple
words and image to convey
its’ intent message
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The soldier in the picture is
an adaption of American
Uncle Sam. The Uncle Sam
poster was prevalent in the
United states.
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The soldier is pointing at
the audience and asking
civilians to buy war bonds
to support the war.
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This poster also uses
simple languages and has
a stoic background
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Its’ purpose was most
likely to tell people who
stayed in Canada that
they could still make a
difference by helping the
Red Cross.
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It establishes an
equivalence of sacrifice
between those serving in
the war and those staying
at home. “Support at
home saves lives abroad.
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This poster depicts the incident of
the sinking of Llandovery Castle.
On June 27,1918, a German
submarine attacked and sunk the
ship, killing 146 army officers and
14 Canadian nurses. This incident
sparked great enmity towards the
Germans.
This poster can be considered as
the perfect propaganda; it
promotes hostility towards the
Germans, encourages civilians to
buy victory bonds, and
emphasizes on German’s
intolerable acts.
The word Kultur is used to define
German beliefs. Basically, the
poster is implying that not only
the Alliance force is against
Germany, but also humanity.
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This poster uses
strong images to
impose the feeling of
patriotism and
nationalism.
Similar to Uncle Sam
of the United States,
Canada depicted itself
as a woman with
patriotic symbols
-The soldiers and ships
going to Britain’s aid.
- This poster is
encouraging young
boys to take over
their father’s farm
works while their
fathers were away in
the war
 - Military service was
a sensitive subject to
the farm families.
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-The
government often published
front line information in the
newspaper to tell the public the
things that were going on. By
doing so, the government could
fabricate certain information and
mislead the public. Newsprint
printed headlines that provoked
emotions without considering
the validity of the information.
-The news article presented was
probably used to spark anger
and resentment towards the
Germans.
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Soldiers often sent letters back to their
families. If a letter contained any information on
the bad conditions of the war, the letter would
be withdrawn and discarded. This method can
be categorized as propaganda because it is
misleading the Canadian population to think that
the war is going well.
French Canadians and Anglican
Canadians
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- During 1914, French-Canadian support declined due to
unfair treatments of French culture and education. This
decline led to the conscription act. The French- Canadians
believed that the Anglican Canadians, not the Germans,
were their true adversary.
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-There were no significant differences between French
propaganda posters and English posters. The language
used was obviously different, but both type of posters
encouraged support for the war.
How successful were the posters?
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- The government collected a total of
$1.34 billion from victory bonds. The
money went into the supply of
ammunition, food, and resources.
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-Total recruitment was over 700,000.
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-The posters were big contributors to the
recruitment.
Propaganda WW2
Very similar to
those posters
during WW1, WW2
posters contain
succinct language
use.
- Uses emotional and
inspirational
images
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