Propaganda is the process of altering the way people think and feel about events. It affects how they look at values and priorities. It covers up what might be described as repulsive, immoral or otherwise unacceptable events by showing them as attractive and acceptable. Photographs used this way in war, for the first time it provided the ability to deceive and make things acceptable to the public. It was also used manipulate material and provide information easily accepted by the general public because it appeared to be from reliable government sources.
Some examples
The photograph,above with a retouched background, was published in the Russian newspaper Wes Mir with the title "The German robbers of Warsaw" and the caption of "A group of German looters, their hands filled with stolen goods The bottom and original photograph first appeared in the German paper Berliner Lokalanzeiger in June 1914 and shows the victors of a pre war horse race.
In this further example, the top photograph shows the German leaders Hindenburg, the Kaiser and Ludendorff, looking at military maps at German headquarters.
In the bottom photograph The French paper Les Annales of January 27, 1918 retouched in a map of the Balkans and parts of Russia to show Germany's alleged military ambitions. The faces have also been manipulated to give a more brutal and sinister look
In the bottom photograph The French paper Les Annales of January 27, 1918 retouched in a map of the Balkans and parts of Russia to show Germany's alleged military ambitions. The faces have also been manipulated to give a more brutal and sinister look
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