How wartime propaganda posters shaped opinion, compared with digital messaging today.

Weapons of Mass Persuasion looks at propaganda posters from the First and Second World Wars, uncovering the linguistic tools used to shape opinion and mobilise support for wartime efforts. Drawing on her doctoral research into British and American poster campaigns, Dr Nina Kruglikova reveals how language, imagery and rhetoric combined to persuade, mobilise and control public sentiment. Nina is joined by Gretel Kahn from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford to compare propaganda messages from the 1910s–1940s with those of the 2010s–20s. The talk is followed by a Q&A and discussion.

This is a double-bill of events that explore trust, truth and versions of reality.

Ticketing: Pay What You Decide (PWYD)

Event format: TALK & DISCUSSION

Event duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Age: Teenage, Adult

Event start: 8.45pm

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