Hearts and Minds: Wartime Propaganda
Philip Zec
Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial, ARTV03534.
This exhibition has past
25 Sep 2020 — 15 Nov 2020
Philip Zec
Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial, ARTV03534.
| Dates | Friday 25 September 2020 to Sunday 15 November 2020 (This exhibition has past) |
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Featuring home-front propaganda posters from the First and Second World Wars, from the Australian War Memorial's Collection.
Propaganda has been used to influence audiences for as long as recorded history.
By presenting facts selectively and using loaded language to provoke emotional reactions rather than rational responses, it seeks to promote the agenda of a particular group.
Posters were an ideal means of communicating propaganda: impermanent yet public, they were designed to be noticed, and could be printed and distributed quickly in large numbers. The Australian War Memorial holds a large collection of wartime posters, from government-issued campaign posters to handmade posters protesting the war in Vietnam. Hearts and minds: wartime propaganda introduces this collection, featuring home-front propaganda from the First and Second World Wars.
An Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition.