Sunday, 23 April 2017

Canadian WWI Propaganda















22 comments:

  1. "Some woman are sending there men..."
    People who are not fighting or helping in the war.
    Make you feel guilty for not taking part in aiding the war.
    7 Because its using emotions and human beings still to this day have emotions.

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  2. 4 Questions for men... This is directed to young/middle aged men. It is meant to invoke guilt into those who are doing nothing while "brave" men are fighting to defend their country. I give it a 4 out of 10 because it does give a sense of guilt but it doesn't catch a persons interest. It's too wordy and isn't very vibrant. too make it more appealing I would add more colors and some pictures. today it wouldn't be very effective because guilt doesn't affect us like it use to and nobody would join a war without a true reason.

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  3. "Your Chums are fighting"
    I think it is appealed to young men
    bravery for "Your Chums"
    I would say its a solid 6 because it doesn't really show what they are doing

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  4. "Your Chums are Fighting, Why aren't YOU?"
    -Meant to appeal to men old enough to fight in the army
    -Meant to make the person feel guilty
    -5 or 6. Maybe the reader hates everyone and its not a good enough reason (to fight) for them
    -I don't think it would be very effective today because I don't think (some) people today care as much as people did back then.

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  5. "your chums are fighting Why aren't you?"
    people aren't fighting get guilt tricked into supporting the war in some way, whether they want to or not.

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  6. your chums are fighting
    I think its for the young people.and the emotions are proud to fight

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  7. help the boys to keep them running.. Which means fight with your brothers too keep the enemies running away from them its meant to appeal other men to fight its kind of effective because if your friends go to war youll want to fight with and for them but it wouldn't work now because were not the ones at war then usa is

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  8. "Your chums are fighting why aren't you"
    appealed to men that are old enough for war
    guilt, upset
    probably a 5, it could be more effective by colour and not make it sound so guilty.
    I think it isn't really effective, people have changed and are a lot different nowadays.

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  9. "4 questions to men who have NOT enlisted"
    1. men between the ages 18 and 45.
    2.Its supposed to make men feel guilty and as if their letting their families and country down.
    3.I think the poster would have made them feel like a disappointment or changed their minds and made them want too fight. 7/10
    I think it is somewhat effective but then again if youre dead set on staying with your family and not going to war it probably wouldn't have changed a mans mind.
    Today many people may have something to prove or might even want to go down in history this poster would make it seem as if you'll be strong and a hero if you leave your family and go to war to help serve your country.

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  10. YOUR CHUMS ARE FIGHTING WHY ARENT YOU
    the poster was suppose to attract young adults, from the age they could enlist at.
    It is suppose to guilt trip you into joining, and sad that they are away and you aren't, and probably ashamed that men equal to you are there but you weren't.
    8/10 because it gets personal.
    I think its effective because its like peer pressuring you, if your best friend is doing this and is getting praised for it, it could bring out jealousy and envy in someone.
    I think it could still be effective today because peer pressure is still very common, just like envy and jealousy and I feel like people become very guilty over small things now and days.

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  11. "Your Chums are fighting, Why Aren't You?" This poster is meant to appeal to people who's friends have gone to war but they haven't yet. This poster is meant to make the reader feel guilty for not helping out with the war effort with their friends. I think the poster would have been pretty effective, about 8 out of 10, because it made the reader feel guilty and not too happy with themselves for not aiding the war effort. I personally think that this poster would be as effective as it was in WW1 because people want to help their friends fight in the war and don't want to be left out of the "Fun".

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  12. "Your Chums are Fighting, Why aren't YOU?"
    This poster was meant to appeal to the men who stayed home. These men probably had some hope of going to war, but they decided against it for the sake of their parents, wives, etc. This poster is meant to evoke a "fear of missing out" within these men who stayed home, because it causes them to wonder what their friends are up to. This poster also evokes guilt within the men, causing them to feel bad about not fighting and showing nationalism like their friends are. These men could end up enlisting due to one poster they saw, because they want to be with their friends. I think this poster would have been an 8.5, because it makes the men viewing it feel the urge to head off to war with their "chums". I don't think this poster would be as effective today, because technology allows us to speak with people who are across the world. The viewers of the poster would feel less bad about not going to war because they could speak with their friends.

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  13. "Your chums are fighting, why aren't you?"

    I think it's meant to appeal to young Canadian men, who are maybe on the fence about joining the war or not. It induces this sense of guilt. "How dare you stay at home, while others your age are out there risking their lives." From a scale from one to ten, I think it would be an 8. I think so, because it really brings forth that feeling of guilt, however maybe it sounds like the same old rhetoric for some people, and they just couldn't care less.

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    1. I don't think it would be as effective today, to be honest. The way they portrayed these messages back then was different than how they do it today. I don't think it would be taken as seriously, at all.

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  14. 4 questions it appeals to the men who has not enlisted to help their country. What they should feel is shame and guilt. I think it's effectiveness is a 7 out of ten because the poster asks four questions that are supposed to make the men question themselves why are they at home safe and cozy while most of the men are at war. no I don't think it would be so effective today because I think most men would go to war without thinking why they are going

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  15. "4 questions to men"
    -appeals to young or middle aged men
    -this poster evokes a guilt emotion
    -5-6, could be better if there were less words
    -This poster would not be effective today because people today don't really care anymore unlike back then.

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  16. Some women some men
    The poster appeals to all the young men that didn’t enlist in the war
    The poster makes you question why you aren’t fighting and makes you feel really ashamed and regret your decision.
    I think is about 7 on effectiveness scale because it does make u question why you didn’t go and I think you can still use that poster today.

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  17. help the boys to keeps them running its suppose to appeal to young soldiers fighting war to fight its kind. it could be effective because if your friends go to war its only fair that you should fight with them but also for them I think that for emotions it would have to be bravery I think this might work but also might not work because today we aren't really the ones at war fighting anymore considering in some places there is still war going on but its not in Canada anymore its sometimes in the states.

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  18. "Why don't they come?"
    The poster will appeal to most men interested in sports. The poster will try and guilt them into thinking that they arent being enough of a man by not 'playing a mans game' so they might feel obligated to join.
    I would rate it at a 7 because it is a relatable topic and making war and sports seem similar would catch some attention.
    I do think it would be effecetive today based on the love of sports.

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  19. "SHOULDER TO SHOULDER"
    This poster is targeted towards women and is meant to provoke a sense of pride or strength with women, it makes them sorta think "YEAH I can be out there doing the mans job and be strong!"
    I think this poster would have been very effective but it really depends on the person and how conservative of a lifestyle that person wishes to lead. about a 7.
    I don't believe the poster would work very well today mainly because of the way society can find offence in anything and will make a very LOUD point of it.

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  20. "Why don't they come"
    This poster targets any man that has not enlisted in the military and seems to make them feel guilty or pokes fun at them for just standing to the side watching and saying they are only a man if they join the actual fight. I feel like this would have been a 6 or 7 on how effective it was because I think a lot of guys would have been offended by that back then, now probably not so much, but yeah it would have been alright back then.

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  21. Your chums are fighting why aren't you?
    This poster is meant to appeal to young men. It is meant to make young men guilty about staying home, and trying to get them to join the war. It's also sad because they're trying to make men who stayed home feel bad because their friends are at war and they decided to stay home.
    I would give this poster a 9/10 because it is very effective and also makes men feel very guilty if they are not at war. It is effective because it's colorful and it gives men the urge to go fight with their chums.
    I think it would still be effective today because their is still a lot of peer pressure in todays society, and if someone were to look at a poster telling them to do something, and their friends were doing it, they would want to do it too.

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