Propaganda & Mass Persuasion: George Creel

Monday, April 03, 2006

George Creel


In the 1950's , George Creel headed the Committee of Public Opinion , during the World War 1 . He was involved in every aspect and tool of propaganda . He had authority over cartoons, media and print posters. Creel also put into effect " four minute men . These were men who volunteered to speak publicly for four minutes in support of the war . Creel combined advertising techniques and human psychology to influence the masses . With power over the media , George Creel is also accused of censoring material at this time

1 Comments:

Blogger A. Mattson said...

Please post about current readings. This is about WWI and we are now discussing the Gulf War.
Thanks.

4/06/2006 12:14 AM  

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