Major Types Of Propaganda During World War II

Propaganda is the direct misrepresentation of facts that can from simply spinning an image to straight out lying to the audience. Propaganda can also can in various forms that can range from war time posters to the modern infomercial. The most important thing to be aware about with propaganda is that despite the negative connotation, all propaganda is not always ill intentioned or made to be “evil”, it is simply the misinformation an can sometimes even be necessary in dire circumstances. One of the major types of propaganda historically, was war propaganda, specifically during World War II. The posters on both sides of the war were propaganda. On the German side, there were posters that were often really harmful because they were portraying the Jewish people as less that human. This is the type of propaganda that attacks race and dehumanizes a whole section of people. On the American side of the way, there were posters that encouraged rationing and women going to work to prevent the other
However propaganda is used in everyday life and is everywhere you look and see, unfortunately companies are more worries about selling their products than they are about making sure that people are receiving accurate information about their product. Even well-meaning propaganda is in the end still misinforming people to reach their ends. Well-meaning propaganda was often used during wartimes to get people to quickly begin growing wartime gardens, carpooling, and paying attention to their rations. Even though their intentions were for the better of the country, they used fear and manipulation to get people to respond more quickly. Propaganda is a necessary evil that is often used to unnecessary extents for profit and while it is still a useful tool there needs to be a reigning in of the