In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson authorized 75,000 volunteers to give four-minute speeches about the U.S. war effort, akin to TikToks of that time, to cut through information abundance and engage distracted Americans.
The Four Minute Men campaign sparked debates in the Jazz Age on media manipulation ethics, resembling today's issues with fake news, short attention spans, and pandemic-related anxieties.
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