Gilbert Parker
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Head of the American section, War Propaganda Bureau (Wellington House) · United Kingdom
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“Practically since the day war broke out between England and the Central Powers I became responsible for American publicity. I need hardly say that the scope of my department was very extensive, and its activities widely ranged. Among the activities was a weekly report to the British Cabinet on the state of American opinion, and constant touch with the permanent correspondents of American newspapers in England.”
Parker, a novelist and Conservative MP, wrote in 1918 about the work of the American department of the British propaganda organisation, which operated without being publicly identified as official. Lasswell reproduced the extract as an account of British methods in the United States.
Sir Gilbert Parker, "The United States and the War," Harper's Magazine 136 (March 1918), pp. 521-531, extract reproduced in Harold D. Lasswell, Propaganda Technique in the World War (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1927), p. 165 Source
“We advertised and stimulated many people to write articles. We utilised the friendly services and assistance of confidential friends; we had reports from important Americans constantly, and established association by personal correspondence with influential and eminent people of every profession in the United States, beginning with the university and college presidents, professors, and scientific men, and running through all the ranges of population.”
Parker, a novelist and Conservative MP, wrote in 1918 about the work of the American department of the British propaganda organisation, which operated without being publicly identified as official. Lasswell reproduced the extract as an account of British methods in the United States.
Sir Gilbert Parker, "The United States and the War," Harper's Magazine 136 (March 1918), pp. 521-531, extract reproduced in Harold D. Lasswell, Propaganda Technique in the World War (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1927), pp. 165-166 Source
“We asked our friends and correspondents to arrange for speeches, debates and lectures by American citizens, but we did not encourage Britishers to go to America and preach the doctrine of entrance into the war.”
Parker, a novelist and Conservative MP, wrote in 1918 about the work of the American department of the British propaganda organisation, which operated without being publicly identified as official. Lasswell reproduced the extract as an account of British methods in the United States.
Sir Gilbert Parker, "The United States and the War," Harper's Magazine 136 (March 1918), pp. 521-531, extract reproduced in Harold D. Lasswell, Propaganda Technique in the World War (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1927), p. 166 Source