CPI

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The Committee on Public Information (CPI) was a U.S. government agency created during World War I to influence public opinion and promote support for the war through propaganda and mass communication.

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instanceOf United States government agency
World War I propaganda organization
alsoKnownAs Creel Committee NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED
chairperson George Creel NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED
dissolved 1919
fieldOfWork mass communication
propaganda
public relations
hasPart Division of Civic and Educational Cooperation NERFINISHED
Division of Films NERFINISHED
Division of News NERFINISHED
Division of Pictorial Publicity NERFINISHED
Foreign Section NERFINISHED
Four Minute Men division NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1917-04-13
influenced later U.S. government information and propaganda agencies
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED
mainSubject World War I home front NERFINISHED
censorship
public opinion
war propaganda
namedAfter George Creel NERFINISHED
notableWork Four Minute Men speeches NERFINISHED
Liberty Loan publicity campaigns NERFINISHED
Official Bulletin NERFINISHED
posters such as "I Want You for U.S. Army" (through promotion)
operatedInConflict World War I NERFINISHED
operatingPeriod World War I NERFINISHED
partOf United States war effort in World War I NERFINISHED
purpose disseminate pro-Allied information
influence public opinion in favor of U.S. participation in World War I
promote support for the U.S. war effort
suppress information considered harmful to the war effort
shortName CPI NERFINISHED
supervises Four Minute Men volunteer speakers NERFINISHED
targetAudience American public
foreign audiences
usedMedium films
foreign-language press
magazines
newspapers
pamphlets
posters
public speeches
wire services

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