WWI Posters

1. Propaganda is images or posters used to convince people of an ideal. They were used manipulatively and were biased on their topics.

2. Propaganda-   ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause 

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4. This picture features the American flag and marching soldiers and a silhouette of a white man in a suit on two sides of a window. The eye is immediately drawn to the bright colors of the flag and the yellow word ENLIST and the red word YOU. These words are probably brighter than the other words because the artist wants to emphasize the need for people to enlist in the army. The dark figure inside the window represents the wrong decision and the brights colors outside represent the right decision. The flag is the main focus because it represents patriotism.

5. The flag and the soldiers outside the window represent patriotism and American pride in people.  The image is making men feel like they need to enlist to prove their pride and patriotism. The artist want people to feel motivated to join army and proud of America. This is evident in the waving flag and the bright colors of the flag.

6. This poster is aimed at young men because there are only men in the poster and they are the only ones who can officially enlist in the army.





4. This image features a man in industrial clothing and a silhouette of a soldier in the background in the same position as the worker. These two figures side by side show that they are fighting the same war, but they are contributing differently. One is at home in America working with mechanical tools and the other is abroad in battle with guns. Again, your eye is drawn the the bright colors of the American flag and the soldiers sky because they are brighter colors.

5. The artist is hoping to encourage men at home to be inspired to work just as hard as the soldiers abroad to help the US in the war. The artist is showing that the people at home are just as important and are doing important work.

6. The ideal target for this poster are the male mechanics and industrial workers not enlisted in the army because the poster features a guy working with a tool.




    

4. This poster features the American Red Cross and a blob of knitting thread. The word SOX is in all caps and very large font so your eyes get attracted to that word. This is to emphasize the importance of people to do what the poster is telling them to do. The knitting in the very center and enlarged is to show how much sox the army needs which is a lot. The red cross is a symbol of protection so the artist wants people to want to protect the boys at war.

5. The artist is hoping to instill a sense of being needed and duty in Americans, specifically the ones who contribute to making sox. The artist is also telling people their responsibility and that they need to be accountable.

6. This poster is probably aimed at women because they are typically protecting figures and the one who knit sox and other clothing.

7. It makes me somewhat uncomfortable that the government is spending tax money trying to manipulate myself and the rest of the country to do what they think is right or what they think we as a country need. It does not feel good to be told what to think or do.

8. The government felt the need to use propaganda during WWI because they felt that this was the only way to prove to Americans back at home that the men fighting in foreign countries need support and help from them back home. Americans back at home probably didn't;t have the perspective to understand their important role in the war effort.