HArping-BuSH

=Harping Bush=

The Concept:
It is no secret that the United States have pushed recruitment for their military for a long while. In Canada however we are now starting to see this kind of propaganda attempting to influence Canadians to join the military. It was known when Harper became Prime Minister that he would pursue this goal, but while pushing this on to the Canadian citizens, no one ever thinks about why these powerful leaders don’t send their own children or themselves onto the field of battle. That should raise the question of why is the battle enough to sacrifice citizens of the country but not important enough to put their own loved ones in danger. While showing that side, we would also like to portray Harper as a follower, or more accurately a pawn being used at Bush’s convenience.

Goals and Objectives:
After anyone views our concept we want them to question if the government’s motivations for going to war are the same as theirs, and also to push the idea that if they choose to join the military they are only serving an American influenced man that wants people to fight a battle he and his loved one wont have any part of.

Audience:
We would be targeting Canadian and American Citizens, and more specifically those eligible for military recruitment.

Key Message:
How important is this battle if the countries leaders wont let their own families fight it, more importantly how important am I to the country if they would want to use me there.

Medium of Expression:
We have chosen to do a poster because it is easily duplicated and very effective in a single glance, also because much of the current Harper led propaganda take the poster form.

Bibliography:
Seun Olowolafe- 4th year UTM student currently majoring in Philosophy and CCIT. Seun enjoys music, movies, and critquing pop culture in a philosophical stance

Visual/Conceptual References:
Posters