Recruitment, Censorship and Propaganda were all used in conjunction with each other in order to get the public involved in the war. Posters and signs of propagandist material were initially used to recruit soldiers. In apprehension of the public becoming disheartened, censorship was inducted to confine overwhelming stories from the front. This was so that recruitment remained solid, as a result of an anxious need of soldiers to sever the stalemate and instigate a major offensive. Primarily, censorship is fundamentally a tactic of propaganda, while the theme of war is glorified to promote recruiting.
In Britain, the outbreak of the WW1 was welcomed with colossal interest. People were eager, proud and were determined to show their love for their country. This was attained, due to the public perception of the war being heroic and the role of censorship and propaganda in recruiting people to get themselves involved in the war. As a result, almost immediately, men enlisted through recruiting agencies, persuaded by the attraction of fighting a war for the good of their country. When conscription was ruled out as politically incorrect, Kitchener relied on emotional blackmail to entice people to join his new army. …
