The study is devoted to a topical issue of defining the role of the American press in the military propaganda of 1916-1917. Periodicals are original historical sources, allowing the researchers to introduce new data and create a link between individual events of the USA military history reflected in various sources of the first half of the 20th century. This paper studies the USA periodicals as sources of military propaganda in 1916-1917. The study is based on the materials of American newspapers published in 1916-1917 such as New York Tribune and The New York Times , established in 1840-1850-ies, and Washington Post . These newspapers are located on the official website of the Library of Congress and contain the information about the views of the USA public authorities and American society concernting the USA involvement in the World War I. When working with the research materials, the author used general scientific methods, such as description, analysis, comparison, as well as with special methods of historical research, including historical and comparative method, cultural and semiotic approach. The study proved that USA newspapers played a key role in developing a negative image of Germany. This, in turn, contributed to the transformation of public opinion about the USA involvement in World War I. State authorities tried to enter the war in order to participate in the post-war division of the world and the American society felt the need to help the world to get rid of the barbarian Germany. On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. The American newspapers used illustrations and photos for military propaganda. For example, when using pictures of war and military equipment the USA press was trying to attract new recruits to participate in the war. In addition, the newspapers used some materials to dehumanize the Germans. The results of the study allow us to reconstruct some historic aspects of the USA military during the period of World War I.
amerikanskaya pressa, V. Vil'son, voennaya propaganda, Pervaya mirovaya voyna, prezident SShA
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