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public opinion in wisconsin during world war i by karen falk his is an age of propaganda propaganda tries to evoke and direct public opinion which is recognized as the aggregate result of individual opinions now uni form now conflicting of the men and women who make up society."1 since the methods used to marshal public senti ment today are similar to those in vogue during the years of the first world war it is enlightening to examine wis consin opinion in 1917-18 there is a parallel not only in methods but in reactions perhaps people today are more skeptical and less credulous but human behavior remains more or less constant wisconsin's attitude in world war i to the casual ob server seemed enigmatical on the one hand she boasted a superb record in providing men and money on the other she seemed to support militant antiwar leaders before at tempting to explain the seeming inconsistency we must pre sent the picture more clearly i have come to expect the impossible from wisconsin stated provost marshal general crowder in charge of draft registration efficiency;2 and ray stannard baker the dis tinguished author after a tour of inspection of state defense organizations reported you have in wisconsin the best organized and the most efficient the most constructive and * miss falk is a native of stoughton and teaches in the social science department of north high school in sheboygan this article is a condensation of a longer study entitled war propaganda in wisconsin 1917-1918 submitted in 1941 as her master's essay at the university of wisconsin the research was done under the direction of professor john d hicks 1 edward l bernays crystallizing public opinion new york 1923 61 2 chicago herald and examiner may 12 1918 389
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| Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 25, number 4, June 1942 |
| Article Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 25, number 4, June 1942 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 25, no. 4 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol25no040000 |
| Description | This issue includes articles on public opinion during World War I, a sketch of historian Frederick Jackson Turner, and the creation of Sheboygan County. |
| Volume | 025 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year | 1941-1942 |
Description
| Title | 389 |
| Page Number | 389 |
| Article Title | Public opinion in Wisconsin during World War I |
| Author | Falk, Karen Fredrikka |
| Page type | Article home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol25no040015 |
| Description | Public Opinion in Wisconsin during World War I: Condensed from the author's master's thesis, this essay explores the paradox that Wisconsin, despite its large German-American population and vocal anti-war politicians, provided far more soldiers and funding for the war than the national average. The author explains how this was due primarily to the work of the U.S. Committee on Public Information, which she calls "a Gargantuan advertising agency, the like of which the country had never known." She describes at length how it created public opinion in Wisconsin through the State Council of Defense and the Wisconsin Loyalty Legion, and how it tried to suppress anti-war organizations such as the People's League of America. She also describes the Liberty Loans program in detail, and the methods of persuasion, propaganda, intimidation, and harassment that ensured citizens would buy bonds. She concludes that the C.P.I.'s transformation of Wisconsin from largely anti-war in early 1917 to overwhelmingly pro-war 18 months later was a triumph of public relations, in which appeals to emotion "whittle[d] the minority down to nearly nothing." (19 pages) |
| Volume | 025 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year | 1941-1942 |
| State/Province | Wisconsin; |
| Organization Name | United States Committee on Public Information; Wisconsin State Council of Defense; Wisconsin Loyalty Legion; |
| Subject | Soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; Public relations; Propaganda; |
| Full Text | public opinion in wisconsin during world war i by karen falk his is an age of propaganda propaganda tries to evoke and direct public opinion which is recognized as the aggregate result of individual opinions now uni form now conflicting of the men and women who make up society."1 since the methods used to marshal public senti ment today are similar to those in vogue during the years of the first world war it is enlightening to examine wis consin opinion in 1917-18 there is a parallel not only in methods but in reactions perhaps people today are more skeptical and less credulous but human behavior remains more or less constant wisconsin's attitude in world war i to the casual ob server seemed enigmatical on the one hand she boasted a superb record in providing men and money on the other she seemed to support militant antiwar leaders before at tempting to explain the seeming inconsistency we must pre sent the picture more clearly i have come to expect the impossible from wisconsin stated provost marshal general crowder in charge of draft registration efficiency;2 and ray stannard baker the dis tinguished author after a tour of inspection of state defense organizations reported you have in wisconsin the best organized and the most efficient the most constructive and * miss falk is a native of stoughton and teaches in the social science department of north high school in sheboygan this article is a condensation of a longer study entitled war propaganda in wisconsin 1917-1918 submitted in 1941 as her master's essay at the university of wisconsin the research was done under the direction of professor john d hicks 1 edward l bernays crystallizing public opinion new york 1923 61 2 chicago herald and examiner may 12 1918 389 |