Propaganda aims to spread ideas that help a particular cause while harming opposing causes. It has several objectives like recruiting soldiers, financing war efforts, and eliminating dissent to unify a country behind a war. Common tools of propaganda include catchy slogans, name calling, humor, emotional appeals, visual strategies, half-truths, demonization, and patriotic appeals to achieve its objectives.

1. Propaganda
Definition – ideas, opinions, and
beliefs spread to help a particular
cause and hurting the opposing
cause.

2. Objectives of Propaganda
1. Recruitment of soldiers, either through draft
or voluntary enlistment
2. Financing the war effort through the sale of
war bonds.
3. Eliminating dissent and unifying the country
behind the war effort
4. Conservation of resources
5. Participation in home-front organizations

3. Tools (Strategies)
1. Demonization
2. Emotional Appeals
3. Name calling
4. Patriotic Appeals
5. Half Truth or Lies
6. Catchy Slogans
7. Evocative Visual Strategies
8. Humor or Caricature

4. Catchy Slogans

5. Name calling

6. Humor or Caricature

7. Emotional Appeals

8. Evocative Visual Strategies

9. Half Truth or Lies

10. Demonization

11. Patriotic Appeals