Title: History of American Propaganda Posters: American Social Issues through Propaganda | Norwich University Online
Headings: History of American Propaganda Posters: American Social Issues through Propaganda
History of American Propaganda Posters: American Social Issues through Propaganda
Text: History of American Propaganda Posters
What is Propaganda?
The History of Propaganda
American Social and Political Issues Depicted Through Propaganda
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What is Propaganda? Propaganda can be described as thoughts, ideas, allegations or facts, spread deliberately to further one’s own cause or with the intention of causing damage to an opposing cause. Propaganda is commonly understood to involve any medium that strikes an illicit emotional reaction to one’s thoughts or views. It is a form of biased communication that is expressed through forms of art that do not always depict one set of thoughts in a clear way. A way to clearly stir the emotions of a populace and drive a one-sided opinion, propaganda has been a tool for the powerful to convince and push the less powerful towards a purpose. The History of Propaganda
Although the term propaganda became common place in the United States during period of World War I, the concept has been used long since then. Some of the first to use propaganda for their own accords were the Greeks. Though the Greeks did not use propaganda as we know it now in print or movie depictions, they still used art to project their thoughts onto groups. Greeks could influence large groups of citizens and country men to their ways of thought through games, theater, assemblies, courts, and religious festivals.