POSC 367 - American Propaganda during World Wars I and II

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Thiel College

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Description:

This course involves an extensive examination of American home front propaganda during World Wars I and II. During the war years formal governmental agencies responsible for the design and implementation of propaganda messages at home and abroad were established in this country. These agencies put forth massive and coordinated propaganda campaigns during the war years, and we shall examine in detail the organization and goals of America's two propaganda agencies, their strategies and tactics, the media they employed and the propaganda themes that they directed at the American public. We shall also examine the controversies these agencies engendered as they attempted to propagandize a nation distrustful of propaganda. Offered every other spring beginning in 2010. (P: Junior standing or consent of instructor). (WIC)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.thiel.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 589-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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