How effective are election campaign posters? Providing a unique political history this book
traces the impact that these posters - as well as broadsides banners and billboards - have
had around the world over the last two centuries. It focuses on the use of this campaign
material in the United States as well as in France Great Britain Germany South Africa
Japan Mexico and many other countries. The book examines how posters evolved and discusses
their changing role in the twentieth century and thereafter how technology education
legislation artistic movements advertising and political systems effected changes in
election posters and other campaign media and how they were employed around the world. This
comprehensive and original overview of this campaign material includes the first extensive
review of the research literature on the topic. Posters Propaganda and Persuasion will be
useful to scholars and students interested in communications politics history advertising
and marketing art history and graphic design.
