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How Can You Analyze Propaganda Posters? - Introduction, Pamela Nestor Jan 2017

How Can You Analyze Propaganda Posters? - Introduction, Pamela Nestor

Cold War & Space Race

This infographic provides instructions to teach students how to analyze propaganda posters in a design similar to a propaganda poster. The first example of propaganda was distributed to children on gum wrappers first published in 1947 by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society of St. Paul, Minnesota. The second poster was from WWII in 1943 and the third was designed by Dal Holcomb in 1942. The last two were to encourage citizens to not share government secrets.


How Can You Analyze Propaganda Posters? - Infographic, Pamela Nestor Jan 2017

How Can You Analyze Propaganda Posters? - Infographic, Pamela Nestor

Cold War & Space Race

This infographic provides instructions to teach students how to analyze propaganda posters in a design similar to a propaganda poster. The first example of propaganda was distributed to children on gum wrappers first published in 1947 by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society of St. Paul, Minnesota. The second poster was from WWII in 1943 and the third was designed by Dal Holcomb in 1942. The last two were to encourage citizens to not share government secrets.


Infographics On The Brain, Rachel S. Evans Jul 2016

Infographics On The Brain, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Discusses how infographics are more advantageous than text and alone. Offers guidelines for creating strong infographics, and provides examples of effective images and recommendations of available web applications to help in design creation.

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