war propaganda
Military persuasion campaigns
War propaganda is communication designed to influence public opinion in support of a military conflict or against an enemy.
Governments use it to boost morale, justify warfare, demonize opponents, and encourage enlistment or sacrifice.
The term usually implies manipulation or distortion: The regime's war propaganda portrayed the invasion as liberation.
Propaganda can range from outright falsehoods to selective presentation of facts.
- speechesFormal spoken presentations
- leafletsBrief printed information sheets
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- fog of warUncertainty in combat situations
- filmsProjected motion pictures
enemy at the gates · scapegoating · axis of evil · name-calling · posters · fifth column · loose lips · nationalism · censorship · indoctrination · emotional appeal · newspapers · pamphlets · radio broadcasts · repetition · morale boosting · bandwagon effect · hearts and minds
- military mediawar films, war movies, combat footage, military documentaries, Stars and Stripes
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- warcombat, warfare, battle scenes, battles, soldier
- war artwar poster, war photography, war memorial, combat scenes, memorial art
- war literaturewar stories, war novels, war diary, war journal, war poetry
- war mediawar films, war footage, war correspondents, war correspondent, war reporting
war propagandainvestigative journalism
In-depth reporting exposing wrongdoing
independent journalism · documentary evidence · balanced coverage · truth-telling · whistleblowing
war propagandapeace advocacy
Promoting nonviolent conflict resolution
anti-war protest · peace activism · anti-militarism · conscientious objection · war resistance