OUGD601 - Essay - Feedback

The presentation gave me the feedback I needed to make this question into more of a graphic design research project. Before the presentation I had not considered where the graphic design theory could be applied within my essay, this being the key part of the essay mean that I then had to go back a couple of steps and figure out how this essay title could become an essay that looks at how graphic design can be used within society. Rather than a research project that would mainly be using my personal opinion on the subject. 

Title [working] - Investigating the social stigma surrounding mental amongst young people ad how graphic design can be used to help stop this stigma. 

The question itself rather too complicated and at this point makes it difficult to start thinking about how this project will begin. After the essay presentation I was given a few pointers of how I could start to change this essay so that it would become a more affective research project that aims to find out how graphic design can be used to change the social stigma on mental health. 

Starting points

• Propaganda (how it was used to persuade large amounts of people) 

• Branding and advertising (What theories have been used within these subject to get people to buy into product and brands etc) 
• What is a stigma and how does it relate to mental health...is there still a stigma in 2017 
• Mental health in the UK (charities, campaigns) 
• Social responsibility for graphic designers

Now that I have a better starting point of which direction the essay can go in, I need to go back to reading and now complete more in depth research which will help to inform how the use of graphic design can be used within health care. I also need to think about what the possible practical outcome could be once I have a better understanding of my question.