What is it about?

Despite official neutrality, many young American men volunteered to fight for the Allies in World War I. This research considers how these Americans were portrayed in the French press.

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The work adds to our understanding of myth-making in journalism using soldiers for propaganda during wartime.

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Victor Chapman, an American aviator who died in the war, is particularly striking as an example of a volunteer who came to embody the hero myth, both during the war and after. His squad, the Escadrille Americain, has become an enduring American legend.

Ross F. Collins
North Dakota State University

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This page is a summary of: Myth as Propaganda in World War I, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, February 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1077699015573006.
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