The power of propagandaGovernment controls

The concept of propaganda• Propaganda involves the

government presenting a certain type of message to the public aimed at influencing public opinion, often appealing to emotions.

• Propaganda can take the shape of any media that has the ability to easily reach the media

• Propaganda during WW2 was always aimed at whoever we were fighting against at the time.

The concept of Propaganda• Propaganda went hand in hand

with conscription and censorship.

• At first the propaganda in Australia was aimed at the European theatre and the Nazis

• As the pacific came the main theatre of war so to did the aim of our propaganda.

• Propaganda was used to create a certain mood in Australia

Conscription• Conscription is the forced

military service for your country• During WW2 Australia was

faced with the same problem as it was during the first world war.

• The Australian government could not conscript soldiers into fighting overseas

• Instead the attempted in encouraging men to join the AIF

Conscription• Many influential individuals in

Australia wanted conscription to be introduced because they thought it was a fairer way of raising numbers.

• This was because volunteer soldiers were not always the fittest or best conditioned soldiers

• Some company’s even demanded service. A company called Denny’s in Melbourne guaranteed a job for soldiers once they had finished their military service.

Conscription• In 1939 Australia was only able to

conscript soldier into protecting Australian territory.

• These soldiers were known as a militia.

• Australian men were conscripted over the age of 21 for this mandatory service

• In 1943 a bill was passed for soldiers to be able defend outside Australian territory in the South west pacific this was ground braking.

• Although only a tiny section of the pacific theatre these solders played major roles in crucial battles.

Censorship• Censorship was imposed on

Australia as soon as war was declared on Germany on the 3rd of September 1939.

• The government on averaged censored eight items per day

• The war lasted for 2070 days this means the government may have censored 16,560 items

Censorship• The main aims of censorship

during the war was– To prevent valuable information

getting into the enemy hands– To prevent false impressions of

Australia overseas– To maintain high morale on the

home front• World war two censorship was

coordinated through the federal department of information (DOI) established in 1939.

Censorship• War time news was most

accessible through radio over 80% of all Australians had access to radio.

• So the government worked hard to censor this media.

• An example of censorship during WW2 was the bombing of Darwin.

• The radio had announced the next day only 15 deaths, the real number exceeded 240.

Censorship• Censorship went as far as

covering up industrial disputes.• The reasons was to try and

keep a respected view of all Australians.

• The government was also attempting to reduce newspaper producers down to 60% from pre war size

• The DOI focused on radio, print and materials to promote Australia’s war effort.

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