Essay On Propaganda

The use of propaganda in your life is just about all the time. Propaganda is the form of communication used to influence the attitude of a community towards a cause or position to benefit one’s self. It’s used very often in politics and to convince their audience of something in general. Two main events in the United States that used propaganda are World War I and World War II. Propaganda was a key to the success of America getting through the wars. While the United States used many forms of propaganda during World War I and World War II the most effective forms were radio, newspaper, and posters. One of the most effective uses of propaganda in America during World War I and World War II was the radio. It was a media that was the American’s advantage during this time period. The radio allowed Americans to quickly be alerted about …show more content…
The newspaper increased the awareness of what was happening in the wars. People even still today wake up and read a newspaper, back then it was also an everyday essential thing done. So there was no better way to get a message across to someone then to place it in a newspaper. “Not only did they try to convince the public to contribute to the war effort, but they also distorted information given to them by the government in order to produce positive attitude towards the government and the British in the war. Visual media and newspapers made both of those goals possible” (World War I Propaganda). This made citizens more likely to contribute to the war or join the fight. Sometimes they’d make citizens feel guilty or obligated to should join to better the war. This popular form of propaganda used is called bandwagon. Bandwagon is when everyone else around you is doing it, so you think you should to. This makes you as a citizen feel left out of the war, and that you should contribute to be similar to Americans around