La Grèce à la Une pendant la Grande Guerre

• Main Author: Elli Lemonidou
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre d'Études Balkaniques 2013-06-01
• Series: Cahiers Balkaniques
• Subjects: French press; public opinion; propaganda; France; First World War; History
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/ceb/3969

The study of the First World War shows clearly that the French leadership was very concerned and particularly involved in the Greek issue; at the same time, the press in France showed extremely big interest in the Greek case, too. Press was the only channel of propaganda in France during the wartime – it is remarkable that the image of Greece and of its relations with France appears have been homogeneous through newspapers of varied political stances. As the public didn’t have any sources of information on Greece other than the press, it was difficult, almost impossible for them to do a selective reading of the papers and to understand the hidden messages of official information channels; that’s why the campaign which the French press conducted on the Greek issue was soon and easily successful. Our aim is to study the strategy of this propaganda undertaken by the French press, as well as the efforts of the French authorities, which, being conscious of the power of press, made the most of it in order to manipulate the public opinion and support their policy.