America adopted British propaganda techniques and scaled them far larger

Evidence

The very first country to try out the British propaganda techniques was not one synonymous with mind control, but rather the Land of the Free, which, in 1917, would abandon its neutrality to enter the war. Long before Americans began borrowing British television shows, they were borrowing propaganda techniques. However, like nearly every American imitation of a British original, the American version would be much bigger. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 149

Categorization

• XREF: Continues the attention-industry history thesis; America consistently borrows and upscales British innovations, mirroring later TV-borrowing patterns. — connects to: British war propagandists discovered mass attention’s power before commerce did — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 15; The United States offered other nations a template of propaganda and punishment to emulate; American WWI propaganda anticipated the language of fascist collective will — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 154 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The United States offered other nations a template of propaganda and punishment to emulate #expands (0.85)
• WWI propaganda pioneered totalizing capture of every available medium #expands (0.80) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 156
• American WWI propaganda anticipated the language of fascist collective will #expands (0.75) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 154