After the US entered the war, the government used techniques such as patriotic persuasion to assure public support for the war. Propaganda was a technique used in which they would use artist, writers, performers, and movie stars and have them talk to the public to help portray the soldiers as heroes. The reason they did this is because they wanted the public to play a part in the war, support the war, and to encourage the public at home to watch out for German spies. Another way it was used was to encourage people back home to join the army and go fight in the war. This image portrays public opinion because propaganda peer pressured, influenced, and persuaded the public to do their bit by the war. The image above says “Come on, everyone’s doing it,” one poster from WW1 says “follow me, your country needs you.” What these two have in common is that both are giving the viewer strong reasons to do something, possibly something they didn’t want to do; for instance go into the war.
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May 2014
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