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Ww2 Propaganda Analysis

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"Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country," once said by President John F. Kennedy. According to a WWII history article published by Lincoln Riddle, "Wartime relations can cause a country to go down to a point where a large portion of the public doesn't support the war." One of the many ways countries curb this downfall is by using propaganda. In World War II, countries broadcasted and displayed propaganda throughout society to get the public to support the war effort and to unite the country. There were many different techniques used such as bandwagon, labeling, plain folks, transfer etc. Propaganda was especially popular in the United States during WWII. They used media outlets such as radios, television, magazines, comic books, newspapers, and the most popular was the propaganda posters. They were so effective that over 200,000 posters were printed and displayed for the public. The United States usually portrayed a positive image on their posters. For instance, they encouraged women to get involved in the war and to use whatever skills and talent they had to help aid the way. There's a poster that quotes, "Women of Britain, Come into the …show more content…

Therefore, this poster is uses plain folks to relate with the everyday lives of working citizens. This technique is effective because, while workers are taking breaks while on the job they’ll think of the message conveyed on the poster and critique themselves. However, the poster also uses a fear tactic by adding the slogan “EVERY MINUTE COUNTS,” and the picture of a clock behind him; knowing the workers are desperately urging for the war to be over, they will fear wasting any time to take a break. Overall, both of these techniques were used effectively throughout the poster because no factory worker wants to be the cause for a delay in the

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