The propaganda poster “KEEP THESE HANDS OFF! BUY the New VICTORY BONDS” was produced by G. K. Odell for the purpose of use as a tool to fund Canada in the war during World War Two. This essay will take a look at the critical analyze of the poster that a historian has to think about. This includes the political, social, racial, and economic climate; raise whether or not these issues have influenced the way that this document is perceived on a psychological factor; what tone the document takes; what themes the document is telling society; whether or not the document is reliable or not; and how the document represents the history itself. In this propaganda poster the women and child can be seen as being used as emotional devices for the political
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The psychology of what propaganda does to the brain is through “the purposeful use of omnibus symbols, facilitates and may even be said to be on of the elements of making it possible for us to develop—for better or for worse—modern mass-political and mass-business action.” (Lee, Alfred M. “The Analysis of Propaganda: A Clinical Summary” American Journal of Sociology, Vol 51. No. 2. Sept. 1945. p126. Web. Nov. 20 2014.) Through this fosters patriotism overseas through the money that the victory bonds are providing and it justifies the need for war because protecting woman and child as demonstrated in this poster is …show more content…
Even though we are two separate countries the “U.S. propaganda system lies in its ability to mobilize an elite consensus, to give the appearance of democratic consent, and to create enough confusion, misunderstanding, and apathy in the general population to allow elite programs to go forward.” (Herman, Edward S. “The Propaganda Model Revisited.” Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine. Jul/Aug 1996. Issue 3, p115. Web. Nov. 20th 2014.) This applies to this poster because it makes it seem as if it is the democratic choice to buy bonds to fund the war, to protect themselves — although indirectly. Further the nature of this poster invokes paranoia because of its nature. This poster also cannot be considered a reliable source of the propaganda’s message itself, this is because the poster is heavily surrounded in bias, for reasons that have been previously been
The psychology of what propaganda does to the brain is through “the purposeful use of omnibus symbols, facilitates and may even be said to be on of the elements of making it possible for us to develop—for better or for worse—modern mass-political and mass-business action.” (Lee, Alfred M. “The Analysis of Propaganda: A Clinical Summary” American Journal of Sociology, Vol 51. No. 2. Sept. 1945. p126. Web. Nov. 20 2014.) Through this fosters patriotism overseas through the money that the victory bonds are providing and it justifies the need for war because protecting woman and child as demonstrated in this poster is …show more content…
Even though we are two separate countries the “U.S. propaganda system lies in its ability to mobilize an elite consensus, to give the appearance of democratic consent, and to create enough confusion, misunderstanding, and apathy in the general population to allow elite programs to go forward.” (Herman, Edward S. “The Propaganda Model Revisited.” Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine. Jul/Aug 1996. Issue 3, p115. Web. Nov. 20th 2014.) This applies to this poster because it makes it seem as if it is the democratic choice to buy bonds to fund the war, to protect themselves — although indirectly. Further the nature of this poster invokes paranoia because of its nature. This poster also cannot be considered a reliable source of the propaganda’s message itself, this is because the poster is heavily surrounded in bias, for reasons that have been previously been