Week Three Annotated Bibliography

February 16, 2011

This is my third annotated bibliography.


Honey, Maureen. Creating Rosie the Riveter: class, gender, and propaganda during World War II. 2nd printing, with revisions. Massachusetts: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. 13-32. eBook.

Honey is providing multiple arguments in her introduction from different perspectives for the driving forces behind why American women became involved in the work force during World War II. She also discusses the background information of the propaganda that was created after women began taking over their husbands’ positions and why it caused controversy with the typical gender roles during that time in America. Some historians, such as William Chafe, believe that that war accelerated the movement of women. Rosie the Riveter became the new “stereotype” for women in the work force because she represented a new working class of women who went beyond homemaking. Married women especially because they had to cover for their husbands if they wanted to keep a paycheck coming into their house. Leila Rupp is on the other end of the argument by believing the war had no impact on the participation rate of women in the labor force.

Week Two Annotated Bibliography

February 9, 2011

This is my second annotated bibliography.


Russell-Snyder, Spenser. "Looney Propaganda: Warner Bros. Animation and WWII." Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections. Evergreen State College, 2004. Web. 9 Feb 2011. .

Russell-Snyder illustrates the influence through cartoon propaganda Warner Brothers industry possessed during World War II. Warner Brothers partnered with the Armed Forces Motion Picture Unit to create short cartoons portraying the stereotypical images of the Axis forces. To demonstrate, in a comic way, how soldiers should not be acting, SNAFU was created to look and sound like bugs bunny. Around the same period of time, seven short films entitled “How We Fight” took the infamous Warner Brothers characters and assist in initiating soldiers. Along with educating the public, the purpose was to bring comic relief to a stressful time and for Americans at home to understand what soldiers were experiencing in wartime. These cartoon never told the story of the prejudice against the Japanese happening in our own back yard, only the anti-Semitism occurring over seas. Shortly after the war ended, the cartoons were placed in the studio’s vault and only released recently. Not all were placed back into the media of the public however; few are kept in the vault because of their blatant racism and the company does not want a backlash to result.

Week One Annotated Bibliography

February 3, 2011

This is my first annotated bibliography.

Shanti, Stephanie. "The Hidden Persuaders: Persuasion Techniques and Propaganda in the Midst of our Society." Living Foods: The Ultimate Health Diet.(2010): n. pag. Web. 2 Feb 2011. <http://currawong.net/2010/09/02/the-hidden-persuaders-persuasion-techniques-and-propaganda-in-the-midst-of-our-society/>.

Shanti depicts propaganda as a media source with influential control over American and international society.  Manipulations of societal behaviors have been used by governments and dominate powers to create societal normality.  The repetition of persuasive images and other forms of media are created by human behavior experts and psychologists to influence the masses and keep control.  Wartime propaganda images are used throughout the world to used to portray to society the importance of why there is war and for what rights their country is fighting to protect.  This convincing way to depict important messages has been moved past war support and opposition into everyday lives.  The food industry has subliminally sent messages through commercials and television shows that have created one of the largest amounts of overweight children America.  Multiple studies have been done to research the persuasive power the media can possess. The food industry, along with many other industries and foundations are continuing to use propaganda to keep their influential control over society.  

February 3, 2011

This is my first blog entry.