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1. Committee on Public Information - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Public_Information
Description: WEBThe Committee on Public Information (1917–1919), also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front.
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2. Committee on Public Information, America's WWI Propaganda …
Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/committee-on-public-information-4691743
Description: WEBUpdated on July 23, 2019. The Committee on Public Information was a government agency created during World War I to distribute information intended to influence public opinion to inspire support for America's entry in the war. The organization was essentially a propaganda arm of the federal government, and was presented to the public and the ...
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3. How the US Government Used Propaganda to Sell Americans on ... - HISTORY
Link: https://www.history.com/news/world-war-1-propaganda-woodrow-wilson-fake-news
Description: WEBMay 22, 2018 · To convince Americans that going to war in Europe was necessary, Wilson created the Committee on Public Information (CPI), to focus on promoting the war effort.
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4. Master of American Propaganda | American Experience | PBS
Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/the-great-war-master-of-american-propaganda/
Description: WEBAs chairman of the Committee on Public Information, Creel became the mastermind behind the U.S. government’s propaganda campaign in the Great War.
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5. United States Committee on Public Information - Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-Committee-on-Public-Information
Description: WEBOther articles where United States Committee on Public Information is discussed: George Creel: …was appointed head of the U.S. Committee on Public Information, the government’s propaganda and publicity agency, by Pres. Woodrow Wilson. For the next two years he used modern public-relations techniques to promote the war effort, at home …
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6. How Woodrow Wilson’s Propaganda Machine Changed American …
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-woodrow-wilsons-propaganda-machine-changed-american-journalism-180963082/
Description: WEBApr 28, 2017 · That agency was the Committee on Public Information, which would take on the task of explaining to millions of young men being drafted into military service – and to the millions of other...
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7. Propaganda at Home (USA) | International Encyclopedia of the …
Link: https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/propaganda_at_home_usa
Description: WEBThis article examines the role and activities of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) in mobilizing American public support for the war. As America’s first wartime propaganda agency, the CPI utilized all major media outlets of the day coupled with a sophisticated targeted audience strategy to sell the war to a divided and skeptical nation.
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8. Committee on Public Information - The Free Speech Center
Link: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/committee-on-public-information/
Description: WEBThe Committee on Public Information was the first large-scale propaganda agency of the U.S. government and was viewed by some as stifling First Amendment-protected dissent. Click here for our new feature on Presidents & the First Amendment
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9. The US Propaganda Machine of World War I - JSTOR Daily
Link: https://daily.jstor.org/the-us-propaganda-machine-of-world-war-i/
Description: WEBNov 17, 2023 · In the mass media era, ideological fights are won and lost through the manipulation of public opinion. As historian Nick Fischer writes, many of the techniques used today were developed during World War I by a temporary government agency called the Committee on Public Information (CPI).
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10. Committee on Public Information - Wikiwand
Link: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Committee_on_Public_Information
Description: WEBThe Committee on Public Information (1917–1919), also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front.
