“Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group.
As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda is often biased, with facts selectively presented (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political, or other type of agenda. Propaganda can be used as a form of political warfare.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
Example Propaganda Posters
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This propaganda poster has been made to urge immigrants to move to California in 1876. The image of the horn with the fruit coming out of it, is used to represent the phrase 'The Cornucopia of the World' which is on the poster. The cornucopia or as it is also known as the horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment. This is generally represented as a large horn shaped container overflowing with flowers, nuts, or wealth, this idea has been used in this poster. Having the "Cornucopia of the World" in the poster should in theory appeal immigrants and make them want to move to California.
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This propaganda poster has been made for the Thirteenth Naval District, which is the United States Navy. The rat in the poster is representing Japan and the mouse trap is representing the Army Navy Civilian and it is on a background map of the Alaska Territory. The date of this poster is between 1941 and 1943.
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