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Advertising method that aids in creating interest in and getting people
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A recruitment tool is an advertising method that aids in creating interest in and getting people for a typically political organization. Historically, recruitment tools have often taken the form of posters or films, though in modern times recruitment tools have taken the form of advergame video games. Other tools include things like sponsorships of sporting events, or ads on TV.

Film

The following is a list of examples of propaganda film recruitment tools and the political organizations which they intend to recruit for.

Film Promotion
Alice's Egg Plant Anti-union philosophy
Battleship Potemkin Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Birth of a Nation Ku Klux Klan
The Bond U.S. government Liberty Load Committee
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo U.S. government
Why We Fight U.S. government
Kolberg Nazi Party
Triumph of the Will Nazi Party

Video games

The following is a list of examples of video game recruitment tools and the political organization which they intend to recruit for.

Game Promotion
America's Army United States Army
Ethnic Cleansing National Alliance
Marine Expeditionary Unit 2000 United States Marine Corps
PRISM: Guard Shield United States National Guard
Saving the Port Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Special Force and Special Force 2 Hezbollah
Under Ash and Under Siege Palestine Liberation Organization
White Law Ku Klux Klan and skinhead movement
XAN and the Cosmic Callbox Montessori education
ZOG's Nightmare National Socialist Movement
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