The Spread Of Propaganda In Japan

Propaganda is defined as information that is biased in nature to impose or publicize a particular political or point of view. Propaganda was widely used on both side of World War 2 to raise money and gain soldiers. It was used to make citizens believe what their country was doing was justified. As said before, propaganda is intentionally misleading information for political gain. In Japan it was used to achieve unwavering support and loyalty to never give up even if outnumbered 1 to 100. Propaganda was usually only somewhat false with a change in some details to skew beliefs. This is shown when the guards talk about there apparent victories over allied forces to Louis and other prisoners. One such quote is”” Propaganda was spread in a multitude of ways. It could have been spread by newspaper as shown when Louis reads the newspaper title which says “”. Including newspaper, propaganda can also be spread over radio, the television, posters on walls, and billboards. This is much more likely to influence the masses if the propaganda features and influential character on it. This was the case with Uncle Sam in the United States. There was also an attempt for Louis to do a radio broadcast that would be propaganda against the U.S. Influential people are used for propaganda because masses tend to flock towards what a well know individual …show more content…
It was used to get support from their side, as well as from their enemies side. Propaganda is much more likely to work if there is someone well known on it because people listen to what they say, and if a country can have a well known POW to say that he’s being treated well and that his own government abandoned him, then the country can have support from other countries. This is what Japan was trying to do when they attempted to have Louis make a scripted radio