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The Internment of Japanese Americans: Propaganda

Definition

Propaganda: dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumors, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Photographs

There is critique that the work of Ansel Adams is propaganda. Do you agree?

More images by Dorothea Lange

Videos

A Challenge to Democracy
The U.S. Government produced this film in 1944 to defend the internment of Japanese Americans.
Japanese Relocation
This film was produced by the U.S. Office of War Information to defend the relocation of Japanese Americans.

Newspapers

PBS - American Experience
A description of how newspapers used language to influence the opinions of readers regarding the exclusion of Japanese Americans.
Digitial HIstory
From the University of Houston, links to digitalized primary sources. For newspaper links, click on "Internment Resources" and scroll to "Newspapers"

Art & Comics

Dr. Seuss - UCSD Special Collections. Originally published in PM newspaper, as indicated by the notice in lower left corner: "Copyright 1942 by Marshall Field".

Anti-Japanese Propaganda
From the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, examples of propaganda posters from WWII.