What is Napoleon's cult of personality?

Answer 1

Napoleon is perhaps the best example of using the Press and Media to change your public image. When he took control of the press during his reign as First consul, from 1799 to 1804, he used the press to glorify his campaigns and modify facts ever so slightly to benefit his image.

When he did the alps crossing, perhaps one of the most famous paintings of him was commissioned and this just shows how he changed the situation to glorify himself. Below you can see the two images contrasted.

He also used his army bulletin to raise moral by twisting facts. For example when there were 20,000 dead he would simply omit one zero. Or when they did enemy body counts he would use the same trick and add a zero.