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Example of a press release written by the DoN for the Commercial Economy Board (CPI, 4-A1)
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DPP Logo. Text reads: Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Publicity
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Four Minute Men Bulletin cover: “The Greatest Mother in the World” (CPI, B: 30, 1)
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The application of historical contextual information in tangible categories
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Areas of culture, each with its own semiosphere
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“SURE We’ll finish the job” poster with liberty loan buttons on man’s overalls. These pin backs were given out when a liberty loan was purchased. The pin (or lack of one) enabled a visual cue for citizens to incite peer pressure on the out-group which had not commodified their patriotism (Beneker, 1918, from the LoC)*
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“Beat Back the HUN” poster (CPI, 1917, from the LoC) Here ‘the hun’ is depicted as bloodied and peering over the edges of Europe, looking to bring the war to the US, though this was an extremely unlikely event at this time.
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“Teamwork Builds Ships” poster (CPI, 1918, from the LoC)
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New York Tribune story on the Third Liberty Loan war bond campaign. Arnold Daly is pictured alongside fellow movie stars Betty Blythe, Jack Pickford, Richard Barthelmess and Tom K. Corless.
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Describing the dynamic relationship of semiospheres
