On the Two Level Dissemination Characteristics of Posters——Take the US Propaganda Picture during the Korean War as an Example
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DOI: 10.25236/icclah.18.048
Corresponding Author
Rao Wei
Abstract
The Korean War was the first large-scale war between countries after World War II. The United Nations Army led by the United States launched a war with the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the Korean army. During the war, the propaganda pictures were widely used in all corners of the war because of their rich themes, vivid pictures, timeliness of communication and intuition of images. As a special media in war, propaganda pictures not only reflect the artistic value, but also highlight its important role as a weapon of war. Looking back on the Korean War in 1950, the use of propaganda posters in spreading psychological warfare in the United States is still one of the focuses of current scholars. This paper takes the propaganda pictures of U. S. military during the Korean War as the research object, through this special form of media, from the perspective of "secondary communication" theory, analyzes the use of U. S. military propaganda pictures during the Korean War.
Keywords
Korean War, Propaganda Picture, Us Army, Two Level Communication