Only the Navy can Stop This
Title
Only the Navy can Stop This
Subject
American propaganda in WW1
Description
[ID: Poster showing a florid German soldier, wearing pirate skull-and-crossbones and brandishing a bloody sword as he wades in a tide of women's and children's bodies. Below is text that reads, "Only the Navy can stop this." /end ID]
Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American government and military
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral
Shaping Perceptions: language ("only" "Navy" "stop"), image (blood, German soldiers, dead women/children)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Germany that leads to enlistment
Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American government and military
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral
Shaping Perceptions: language ("only" "Navy" "stop"), image (blood, German soldiers, dead women/children)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards Germany that leads to enlistment
Source
Rogers, W. A. , Artist. Only the Navy can stop this / W.A. Rogers. United States, 1917. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001700444/.
Original Format
Image
Physical Dimensions
64x49
Files
Citation
“Only the Navy can Stop This,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://mail.ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/14.