The birth of the CPI U.S. Committee on Public Information established by President Woodrow Wilson in April 1917, one week after the U.S. declared war on Germany and entered the First World War. The CPI was created as a propaganda bureau intended to mobilize and channel popular enthusiasm essentially, to drum up support for the war effort.
posted by Anonymous at 12:05 AM
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True enough. Without the CPI mass mobilization for war would not have been possible. Large scale modernware require the systematic mass production of propaganda. If you agree with the ends then the means would seem justified. The question of what sort of mass persuasion is necessary is the key question. Is there such a think as democratic propaganda? A form of mass persuasion that would respect the intellectual capabilitie of the citizens? Or are emotional appeals to our baser instincts and drives required to herd us to war? What kind of persuasion is proper? Or does national security come first?
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