History A-Level

Propaganda and censorship

What Propaganda and censorship means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Official attempts to shape public perception, including demonising the enemy in the First World War and information control that restricted reporting.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 2 Attempts to influence the public response to war (study guide)

The government used propaganda, such as the Bryce Report on German atrocities, and censorship to shape opinion and control information.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 4 Trench warfare on the Western Front, 1914–18 (study guide)

Control of the press, radio and film combined with propaganda under Goebbels, which censorship and terror enabled to work.

Pearson Edexcel · Opposition, control and consent, 1918–89 (study guide)

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Opposition, control and consent, 1918–89 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 4 Trench warfare on the Western Front, 1914–18 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 2 Attempts to influence the public response to war (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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