20th Century Poster Propaganda and Graphic Designers
Propaganda has been utilized throughout history as a way to influence the way people think. According to the American Heritage dictionary, propaganda is defined as, the systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause. The demand for persuasive communication by global governments is implemented through the use of posters in the wartime efforts of the twentieth century to visually persuade the general public (Meggs. P.249-251). Throughout the twentieth century graphic designers, through the medium of poster design, employed propaganda by influencing and manipulating the way the war was perceived in the public eye. Clearly all this demonstrates a social and political role for graphic designers because it was social communication and involvement in the current politics.
Poster propaganda reached its height of importance as a......
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