Many people did not want to be unknowingly brainwashed by propaganda, so advertising had to earn the trust of the people. Advertisements had to prove that they were displaying their products for sale and not brainwashing people to think and feel a certain way. Propaganda’s affect on advertising made a lasting impression on the advertising we see today. WWII propaganda convinced mass amounts of the American public to side with the government’s views of the war, and influenced the way the public thought on any war-related subject (“American Propaganda”). Propaganda promotes products or services with a specific view or political cause in mind, while advertising is simply promoting goods and services to the public
Many people did not want to be unknowingly brainwashed by propaganda, so advertising had to earn the trust of the people. Advertisements had to prove that they were displaying their products for sale and not brainwashing people to think and feel a certain way. Propaganda’s affect on advertising made a lasting impression on the advertising we see today. WWII propaganda convinced mass amounts of the American public to side with the government’s views of the war, and influenced the way the public thought on any war-related subject (“American Propaganda”). Propaganda promotes products or services with a specific view or political cause in mind, while advertising is simply promoting goods and services to the public