Analysing propaganda

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Pat Keely, Indie moet vrij! [Indie must be free] (1944, offset lithograph printed in colour, 75 x 49 cm, AWM ARTV10465)

This poster was published by the Dutch Government. The message states “Indie must be free! Work and fight for it!”

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Postcard courtesy of Garth O’Connell

Propaganda postcard promoting the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, a term used by the Japanese to promote the idea that Japan could free Asians from white colonial rule and help them to co-exist.

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He’s coming south (1942, offset lithograph on paper, 75.9 x 50.4 cm, AWM ARTV09225)

This Australian propaganda poster was one of many that raised the threat of Japanese invasion.

  1. Compare the propaganda posters above. For each poster, note:

  • the messages that the creators are conveying

  • the intended audience

  • the symbolism used

  • the emotional response that the posters prompt

  • the similarities and differences between the posters.

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