What do I want to talk about? Possible essay questions?
- What is the role of graphic design in activism/ a protest?
- Calling out for action
- Spreading news (locally, regionally, globally)
- Educating people on a political/ social issue (
- Solving a political/ social issue
- socialism/ activism has built a strong non-profit creative community
- Case study: Hong Kong protest 2019
- Anonymous designers are gathering up designs for mass production
- Designers design to earn money, however these designers are designing anonymously, all they care about is their voice being heard, not money
- This could be the introduction of the essay
- How propaganda design communicates and translates messages?
- Visual elements:
- (old) fist, finger pointing
- (modern) comic style, specific colour theme
- Role of activism design throughout the years.
- Modern world: digital age
- How designs could be spread virally across the internet within seconds
- This could be the conclusion of the essay, bringing up the idea of digital age being a benefit in spreading news when it comes to promoting a political idea
FINAL QUESTION
- What is the role of graphic design in activism?
*Practical work could focus on campaigns and advertising*
Political propaganda
= serves to rally people to action, take up arms and fight, vote for someone or something, make a change socially or politically – propaganda is a relevant and effective tools used everyday by government and private industry.
= to manipulate public opinion for or against one idea or another.
Function of propaganda
“We can easily find the use of propaganda technique in mass media advertising, politics, and literature. It is a very popular technique in academic commentary, and is taken as an interchangeable form of communication. The primary function of propaganda is to persuade the audience, and to mold their perceptions about a particular cause.
Often, propaganda assists in promoting policies. In addition, it aims at getting a response of the audience taking a certain action. This is because merely securing a commitment or assent would not be enough for making this technique successful, and securing its purpose. Besides, propaganda serves as an effective weapon to rouse people by making them realize their vulnerabilities and frailties, instead of comforting them with illusions.” — https://literarydevices.net/propaganda/.
= to tear apart the mechanism in which through an image, a font, a photograph, you are able to convince people to rally behind you
= art, mass communication
Important period
= early 20th century in Italy
= constitutional
Activism? (Broader)
= the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.
Socialism? (Broader)
= a political and economic theory of social organisation which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Protest? (Narrower)
= a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
Social movement? (Narrower)
= a loosely organised effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one.
MAKE CLEAR IDEAS
What is the difference between design activism and propaganda?
= with stance and without
Graphic design in activism
= to spread news and to call out people for action
Political propaganda design
= to convince others to rally behind you using graphic design
Should I include both? And narrow ‘design in activism’ into propaganda?
- propaganda is a type of graphic design in activism
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