Propagandaof WWII

Propaganda

•The deliberate spreading of information or ideas to harm of promote a person, group, or movement.

Three Modern Examples

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Propaganda Techniques

The Key

Persuasion

Techniques

• Hitler’s Favourite form of Dispersion

• Direct Contact to the Audience

• More Personal

Speaking

• “Loose lips sink ships”

• “Our carelessness is their secret weapon”

• “When you ride alone, you ride with Hitler”

• “United we Stand”

Techniques Fallacies

• Posters

• Radio

• Movies (moving pictures)

• Public Speeches

• Newspapers

Techniques Media

Techniques Colours

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Techniques Colours

• Red, Black, White

• Sometimes Blue

• Red is associated with: Blood, Evil, Success

• ie. 143 out of 204 national flags contain Red

UsingPropaganda

Ministries

■ Germany had employed Joseph Goebbels as head of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.The Soviet Union had a Department for Agitation and Propaganda.The Brazilian Estado Novo had a Department of Press and Propaganda (DIP).The Irish Republic had a Department of Propaganda, established 1918 and renamed to Department of Publicity in 1921.The United States had a Committee on Public InformationThe Chinese Central Propaganda Department officially changed its English name to Central Publicity Department in 1998, while its Chinese name was unchanged.

Who ?

• The Government

• Political Leaders

• Organizations

• All around the World

What ?

• Ideologies

• Political Views

• Slogans

Where ? and How?

• Posters

• Billboards

• Radio

• Public Speeches

Why ?

• Control over:

• Social Opinion

• Social Ideologies

• Social Whim

Affects onWWII

1. Patriotism

How Did Propaganda Change the War?

How Did Propaganda Change the War?

2. Evokes Emotions

How Did Propaganda Change the War?

3. Support the War

How Did Propaganda Change the War?

4. Ignorance

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