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Showing 1 to 20 of 163 for “"Posters"”.
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San Francisco rock posters, 1965-1971
… were the cradle of hippie society. And the posters created to advertise the early gatherings helped to shape and to promote the interests and ideals of this social group. The initial series of rock posters did not terminate with the abandonment of the Haight-Ashbury community in 1967, …
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Posters, Politics and immigration during the May 1968 Protests in France
… during the protests designed and produced posters that later became a symbol of the strike. By using a variety of primary and secondary sources including small press publications, interviews, manifestos, historical and artistic secondary soured this work argues that it is during this social …
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Women as Subject and Audience in World War II Venereal Disease Posters
… these educational measures was the creation of posters to "remind" soldiers of the threat and repercussions of contracting a venereal disease. In the United States, World War II-era venereal disease posters depicting women were created for an overwhelmingly male, military audience. These posters …
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An investigation into the design, production and display contexts of industrial safety posters produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents during WW2 and a catalogue of posters
The industrial safety posters produced by Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) during WW2 are evidence of a politically progressive, socially engaged and mass-produced graphic communication in Britain. These characteristics allow the RoSPA posters to qualify, by Walter Benjamin’s …
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War of Words: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Military's Sexual Assault Prevention Posters
… and response training materials, particularly posters created between 2009 and 2012. This dissertation examines the context of sexual harassment and assault within the military from the late 1970s until the mid-2000s. Presenting scandals that led up to the development of the Department's Sexual …
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Posters, Propaganda, & Bloody Saturdays: Making China Christian: How Media & Missionaries Made China Christian
<p>This thesis investigates the role of religious groups and media in influencing the public perception of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang during the Second Sino-Japanese War.</p>
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Silent Messengers: Visualizing the Growth of Christianity in China by Chinese Christian Posters, 1927-1942
… changes in China. Based on Chinese Christian posters as central sources and other archives of mission societies in China as supporting sources, this thesis analyzes how Chinese Christian visual materials supported Christians to build the Christian community in China. It argues that Christian …
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The Gender Bias and Representation in Movie Posters: A Study of 60 Years of Film
Movie posters, as the frontline marketing tools, significantly shape audience expectations and perceptions, making their analysis crucial for understanding broader industry trends. This study quantifies "gender bias" in movie posters, defined through the disproportionate representation and …
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APPLYING THE EXTENDED PARALLEL PROCESS MODEL TO EXAMINE POSTERS IN 2008 CHINESE ANNUAL ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN
… categories of the content analysis to assess the posters’ potential persuasiveness. The findings revealed that the severity of drug abuse and drug trafficking was communicated significantly more frequently than the other three factors, and response efficacy were significantly less prominent than …
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Leveling Up: How Posters on r/StopGame Describe Video Gaming, Its Consequences, and Trying to Stop
… gaming or video game addiction,” I explain how posters on the subreddit describe their video gaming, the consequences of their video gaming, and the ways in which they try to stop video gaming. I conducted a qualitative content analysis and used a three-step coding process to analyze the …
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Mobilising people in the Viet bac : posters, folk poetry and pamphlets in the war against French colonialism
After the Second World War, many of the former European colonies in Southeast Asia aspired to independence. The French resisted these movements in Indochina even after independence was declared in Vietnam. The Viet Minh fought the first Indochina War against the former colonial masters, using what …
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Mobilising people in the Viet bac : posters, folk poetry and pamphlets in the war against French colonialism
After the Second World War, many of the former European colonies in Southeast Asia aspired to independence. The French resisted these movements in Indochina even after independence was declared in Vietnam. The Viet Minh fought the first Indochina War against the former colonial masters, using what …
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Low-impact recreational practices: assessing and improving wilderness user knowledge, behavioral intentions, and behavior
… by the small number of field observations. Posters on proper campsite selection, tent placement, and use of backpack stoves rather than campfires were placed on trailhead signs to increase knowledge, foster appropriate intentions, and improve actual behavior. A field experiment with a …
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Jumpin’ Jacks : Social Marketing Campaign Aimed to Increase Awareness of Healthful Behavior in South Dakota Fourth Grade Students
… graphic design students to develop eight posters that featured the SDSU Jackrabbit mascot and slogans promoting FV intake and PA. The Jumpin' Jacks campaign included prominently displayed posters in common areas of the school, nutrition and physical activity lesson, and a visit from the …
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Popular Media, Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Ghana
… political cartoons, death announcement posters, and vehicle inscriptions (`mottonyms'). Regarding the Ghanaian popular video-films, I examine how the films (re)present the issue of cyberfraud (`sakawa') in Ghana. I contrast the films' (re)presentation of this phenomenon vis-a-vis that of …
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Effects Of An Intervention To Promote Stair Use In A University Building
… (OIT) were integrated into the messages of the posters and emails encouraging stair use among employees of the building. Twelve motivational signs were placed in the stairwells and in front of elevator openings, and five motivational emails were sent out during the five-day intervention period. …
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Adidas, the All Blacks, and Maori Culture: Globalization and the Reformation of Local Identities
… mobility, and corporate sports sponsorship. The posters of each campaign as well as the video components were analyzed through textual analysis. The results show that patterns of cultural appropriation and reaffirmation of stereotypes do occur in the posters and videos of those campaigns. The two …
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Content analysis of cognitive distortions in pedophiles' online forum posts
… website forum posts to determine if any posters demonstrated cognitive distortions. Four independent raters used content analysis to determine which cognitive distortions were demonstrated by the examined pedophiles. Results suggested that cognitive distortions were not prominently …
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