Good Morning/Afternoon Ms Keech and Fellow Classmates,
The Oxford Dictionary defines propaganda as information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. Propaganda was used during World War I to encourage recruitment and conscription. It was mainly in the form of posters, which appeared in the press or in public places. These posters were created to affect and play with the emotions of the reader or viewer. The posters often demonstrated mateship and hatred of the Germans. Propaganda ensured that people only knew what their governments wanted them to know. In World War I the lengths in which the Australian government went to to hide information from the citizens of Australia reached a new high. To guarantee that everybody thought the way as the government did and had the same opinions, every single piece of information was controlled. Newspapers were expected to print what the government wanted the reader to read, this was just one of the many forms of censorship that was used throughout World War I. The media was used for many other purposes too. Many British newspapers published casualty figures that were far from the truth, but it was not only Britain, many
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There was a fear that these people may be spies for the enemy. According to a census that was recorded in 1911 there were over 33,000 people of German origin living within Australia. These individuals had to report to their local police station on a regular basis. In many cases these people were locked up in internment camps. Due to the anti-German propaganda at the beginning of World War II, Australia had a strong anti-German attitude. Shops that were owned by Germans were avoided, certain German breeds of dogs such as dachshunds were kicked and verbal and physical abuse against Germans on the