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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CPI canonical 3

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

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Committee on Public Information → shortName → CPI ⓘ
subject linked to: CPI