Title: Propaganda in the United States - Wikipedia
Headings: Propaganda in the United States
Propaganda in the United States
Contents
Domestic
World War I
World War II
Cold War
War on Drugs
Iraq War
Military-entertainment complex
Ad Council
COVID-19 Pandemic
1776 Commission
International
Psychological operations
See also
References

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Overview of propaganda in the United States
An American propaganda poster from World War II produced under the Works Progress Administration
Propaganda in the United States is spread by both government and media entities. Propaganda is information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to influence opinions, usually to preserve the self-interest of a nation. It is used in advertising, radio, newspaper, posters, books, television and other media and may provide either factual or non-factual information to its audiences. Contents
1 Domestic
1.1 World War I
1.2 World War II
1.3 Cold War
1.4 War on Drugs
1.5 Iraq War
1.6 Military-entertainment complex
1.7 Ad Council
1.8 COVID-19 Pandemic
1.9 1776 Commission
2 International
2.1 Psychological operations
3 See also
4 References
Domestic
World War I
The first large-scale use of propaganda by the U.S. government came during World War I. The government enlisted the help of citizens and children to help promote war bonds and stamps to help stimulate the economy. To keep the prices of war supplies down (guns, gunpowder, cannons, steel, etc.), the U.S. government produced posters that encouraged people to reduce waste and grow their own vegetables in " victory gardens ". The public skepticism that was generated by the heavy-handed tactics of the Committee on Public Information would lead the postwar government to officially abandon the use of propaganda. The 1915 film The German Side of the War compiled from footage filmed by Chicago Tribune cameraman Edwin F. Weigle. It was one of the only American films to show the German perspective of the war. At the theater lines stretched around the block;