Analysis of political campaign posters

The New York Times has posted a slideshow by Ward Sutton, “Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos,” analyzing the posters and bumper stickers of presidential candidates.

analysis of Bush/Cheney campaign bumper sticker

analysis of flag on Bush/Cheney bumper sticker

via Boing Boing

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This is fantastic!

This is fantastic! And hilarious. And well-done. I always feel as if my students are dubious of the constructedness of the images we see in the mass media, and am always looking for great visual examples that might get them thinking about how an image's appearance manipulates how we think. This seems like a good one.

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