Arizona State University CLAS

English 101, First Year Writing, Fall 2009

Rhetoric

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Propaganda Resources
  • Anti-War propaganda parodies — This site contains a collection of powerful, provocative, and sometimes disturbing collection of propaganda, altered photos, and anti-war images.

  • American Posters of World War One — This exhibit brings together many of the most powerful American propaganda posters generated during World War I.

  • German Propaganda Archive — This collection of Nazi propaganda, hosted by the Calvin College websites contains links to visual sources including posters, postcards, and cartoons.

  • Iraq – Art of War – Leaflets — This site offers examples of contemporary propaganda by reproducing many of the leaflets (in English and Arabic) that were dropped on Iraq during 2003.

  • Northwestern University Library World War II Posters — This searchable on-line collection contains more than 300 posters issued by the U.S. during World War II.

  • Poster Collection from the Hoover Archive— Of special interest on this site are the past exhibits from the exhibit pavilion, including the virtual exhibit on World War I and World War II posters.

  • Posters for Peace — site offers a series of copyright-free posters designed for public use to promote peace during the war with Iraq.

  • Powers of Persuasion — This on-line exhibition from the National Archives focuses on poster art from the second World War.

  • The Propaganda Critic Video Gallery — This collection of video clips includes the 1950s classic “Duck and Cover” film as well “The Brink of Disaster,” a film in which a “revolutionary war hero travels through time to combat campus rebellion in the 1970s.”

  • The Propaganda Remix Project, by Micah Ian Wright. This site features historical posters modified to make visual arguments about current issues.

  • The War on the Walls — This site, created by the Temple University Libraries, offers access to a digital exhibit to a range of posters from the first World War.
See also the Envision website

Contact: K.Heenan@asu.edu |© 2009