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I originally chose posters as my graphic design concept because I thought it was very interesting how something as small as posters can convey a message much larger and more effectively than the message itself can do. The visuals in a poster, specifically propaganda posters, can bring out a person’s emotions like guilt, or passion. Many wars have used propaganda, but I decided on WWII because it required an extensive amount of effort to keep up in the war. Propaganda in WWII was not limited to recruiting; it extended into civilian lives and promoted the assistance of contributing to the war effort through any means - by rationing, producing war materials, growing one’s own food, buying war bonds and saving fuel. It is estimated that the United States produced 200,000 different posters during WWII, which is more posters than any other country produced in WWII.

So WWII Propaganda may have helped more in the early to mid 1940's, but it has influenced graphic design today by allowing the use of art to convey a message or to advertise. We see advertisement everyday, but while it may not be propaganda per se, it has the idea of propaganda - to convince somebody to do something.

Links:

-http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/propaganda-posters.html

-http://guity-novin.blogspot.com/2010/05/chapter-29-propaganda-posters.html#Eleven

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