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Propaganda
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Chairman Smiles: Posters from the former Soviet Union, Cuba and China 
 Find thumbnail images, titles, bibliographic details with slogan translations, and brief commentaries on 145 historic Communist Party propaganda posters. The poster illustrations show how art was used to revise history and cultivate personality cults that surrounded Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, and Fidel Castro. Also find brief biographical information on the artists, and related links. http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Communications, Government, Politics, Religion Last updated Feb 19, 2004 German Propaganda Archive
Features propaganda from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). "The goal is to help people understand the two great totalitarian systems of the twentieth century by giving them access to the primary material." Texts of speeches, posters and cartoons, excerpts from other writings, and related websites are organized into subject areas. Created and maintained by a professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ Topics: Communications, Government, Government, Politics Last updated Oct 8, 2005 The Poster War: Allied Propaganda Art of The First World War
These 46 posters from the United States, Great Britain, France, and Canada illustrate three themes: comparing symbols used "to identify and vilify the enemy with those which were used to unify and encourage Allied society," soldiers as propaganda subjects, and home-front images. Posters may be browsed from thumbnail images, but to obtain artist information they must be accessed from the exhibit tour pages. In English and French from the Provincial Museum of Alberta. http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/vexhibit/warpost/english/home.htm Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Communications, Government, Government, Politics, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 26, 2005 Propaganda
Site inspired by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA), which, from 1937 to 1942, "was dedicated to promoting the techniques of propaganda analysis among critically-minded citizens." Describes fallacies in logic and common techniques such as name-calling, "glittering generalities," and euphemisms. Includes examples of propaganda from World War I, the John Birch Society, the Maoist International Movement, as well as others from recent history. Also features video clips from several movies and cartoons. From a communication professor at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. http://www.propagandacritic.com/ Topics: Communications, Government, Government, Politics Last updated Aug 25, 2004 Propaganda Postcards of the Great War
"The site features a collection of war-themed postal cards produced during World War 1 (1914 - 1919)." Includes annotated images of hundreds of postcards, information about selected artists, and links to related sites. Searchable and browsable. Available in several languages. "All cards shown [on the site] are from private collections." http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Communications, Government, Politics, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 3, 2004 Publications of the War
This site presents examples of World War I publications such as "newspapers, propaganda material...comical gifts" and postcards. Most notable is a complete run of The Hydra, a newsletter the poet Wilfred Owen contributed to during his stay at Craiglockhart War Hospital. From Oxford University. http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/pubs/ Topics: Communications, Government, Military, Poetry, Politics, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 29, 2004 Spin of the Day
This site features "daily reporting on public relations, propaganda, and media spin." Daily entries include links to items from a variety of media sources accompanied by commentary and related links. "Spin" archives go back to 2000. From PR Watch, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy devoted to investigative reporting on the public relations industry. http://www.prwatch.org/spin Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Communications, Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics Last updated Jan 24, 2005 Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages
Propaganda art is used in Chinese political culture to foster ideals of correct behavior and thought. This site examines several topics explored by propaganda posters in sections that include Visualizing the Future; Iron Women and Foxy Ladies; Heroes and Villains; Population Policy; Hong Kong Handover; Models and Martyrs; and Party and State Leaders. Also has a bibliography and links to related sites. The author is a lecturer at the Sinological Institute of Leiden, the Netherlands. http://www.iisg.nl/landsberger/ Topics: Art by Region, Arts and Humanities, Communications, Government, Politics Last updated Sep 28, 2009 A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish-American Conflict
Part of a series of New York Public Library exhibitions on the Spanish-American War. "Each of the communities linked to that conflict remembers and has named the war in its own particular way. Through an examination of patriotic appeals in newspapers, pamphlets, popular books, maps, sheet music, poetry, cartoons, lithographs, photographs, lantern slides, and early motion pictures, this exhibition explores the sources of those memories and perceptions." http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/epo/spanexhib/ Topics: Communications, Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Poetry, Politics, September 11 & Beyond, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 3, 2004 |
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