Propaganda in World War I
World War I was the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role in keeping the people at home informed on what occurred at the battlefields.[1] It was also the first war in which governments systematically produced propaganda as a way to target the public and alter their opinion.
According to Eberhard Demm and Christopher H. Sterling:
Propaganda by all sides presented a highly cleansed, partisan view of fighting. Censorship rules placed strict restrictions on frontline journalism and reportage, a process that continues to affect the historical record — for instance, possibly due to image concerns, there is no known visual evidence of American shotgun use during the war.[3] Propagandists utilized a variety of motifs and ideological underpinnings, such as atrocity propaganda, propaganda dedicated to nationalism and patriotism, and propaganda focused on women.[1][4][5]
Home front during World War I
British propaganda during World War I
Wellington House
Italian propaganda during World War I
Opposition to World War I
Centre for the Study of the Causes of the War
Causes of World War I
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Propaganda at Home and Abroad
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Othering/Atrocity Propaganda
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Graphic Arts and Advertising as War Propaganda
Records of World War I propaganda posters are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books
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Propaganda at Home (Germany)
Examples of Propaganda from WW1 | American WW1 Propaganda Posters Page 5,
“World War 1 Propaganda Posters.”
Examples of Propaganda from WW1 | German WW1 Propaganda Posters,
“World War 1 Propaganda Posters.”
, online exhibit on Archives of Ontario website
Canadian Posters from the First World War
The French Woman in War-Time
Stage Women's War Relief
Women are Working Day and Night to Win the War
Joan of Arc Saved France. Women of America, Save Your Country--Buy War Savings Stamps
at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
John P. Cushing (AC 1882) World War I Poster Collection
Media related to World War I propaganda at Wikimedia Commons