Monday, November 13, 2017

OUGD601 - Essay Plan

Graphic Design and addressing social stigmas

More specifically - How can Graphic design help to remove the stigma surrounding mental health issues?

Chapter 1 - Intro (400)
  • What is the research question?
  • Outline essay 
  • Brief summary of how graphic design has changed peoples opinions over the years starting with propaganda
Chapter 2 - Context & Themes (2000)

Propaganda (600) 
  • What is propaganda? (define) 
  • Example of good propaganda
  • Types of propaganda (black, grey white) explain the difference between using examples
Graphic Design (400)
  • Introduce persuasion, how does this differ from propaganda (propaganda vs persuasion)
  • Compare advertising to propaganda - whats similar and why is it not right for MH
  • Propaganda is like advertising and persuasion is like branding
  • Brand theory, how do you get the consumer to buy into the brand 
  • How can branding be used to tackle the stigma around mental health
Mental health (400)                                                                                          
  • What is a stigma? 
  • Facts on where the stigma is happening most
  • Discuss how mental health is presented and spoken about in society? Use evidence 
Graphic Design and stigma (600)
  • How branding can successfully tackle stigma 
  • Why is graphic design the answer to the problem? (can graphic design save your life? and First things first manifesto which then links to design as a form of education) 
  • What is the role of the designer? (the designer's role is to educate) How should we approach this type of problem? Link to back branding 

Chapter 3 - Case studies of practice (Time to Change) (1500)
  • Evaluate brand
  • How effective is the overall design, consider use of logo, website, social media and current mental health campaigns 
  • How do these elements of the brand come across to the target audience  
  • Positive and negatives, how can we learn from what they have done

Chapter 4 - Conclusion
  • Review the research
  • Show how what I have found can be applied to the issue 
  • How does graphic design remove stigma? 



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