Propaganda

Methods used for propaganda that we had learned about were emasculating messages like to question or weaken a man’s virility to shame men into going, using romance and adventure, telling them it is their patriotic duty, or direct appeal. I believe that some of these messages would still be effective today the only one that I believe would not work as well would be the romance and adventure factor and the shaming, just because of how exposed we are to war due to the media and today everyone sees death and suffering in war not adventure and romance and they have other duties besides going to war. Today they use the patriotic factor telling them be proud fight for your country and they always show how strong and tough they are in the commercials or posters. Our military today mostly uses the perks and money as their main form of propaganda in their posters and ads also.
During the war the allies and central powers had different forms of propaganda. The Allies used pride for the country, patriotism women trying to romanticize the subject as their main focus in the propaganda. They wanted the men to be excited to serve their country. They also used these to enlist nurses and for the purchase of bonds. The central powers tried to evope fear into the people with their posters.

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