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PROPAGANDA

• INFORMATION
• ESPECIALLY OF A BIASED OR MISLEADING NATURE
• USED TO PROMOTE OR PUBLICIZE
• A PARTICULAR CAUSE OR POINT OF VIEW
• NOT LIMITED TO TV, RADIO, POSTERS, & WEBSITES

BRITISH SATELLITE NEWS

• Paid for by UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Provided information to 14 of 17 Middle East countries
• Produced by World Television
• World Television also produced fake news clips for BP and Nestlé
• Ended in 2010

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CANADA'S "VICTORY BONDS"

• Sold by the Canadian government during WWI
• A single poster had a run of approximately 60,000
• Raise money for supporting the war
• Sold to citizens, private corporations, and various organizations

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USA'S WWI POSTER

• Shows the Lady Liberty was violated
• Encouraged men to save her
• Enlist to defend the Lady Liberty
• Maybe encouraged vengeance
• Ship this is on: Lusitania sunk by German U-boats

WE WILL HIT BACK, BEGINNING WITH THE U.S."

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"LET'S ALL GO FOR HARVESTING!"

• Made also by North Korea
• Pushed out during the harvesting time
• Showed a happy man having full harvest
• Created to help people believe harvest was good
• The opposite was true, bleak outlook, small harvest

CONNECTION

• Dampen down the opposition
• Encourage pride
• Display of power
• Lies to sooth