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.

D______________________

E______________________

N______________________

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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.