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Briggs, Molly Mercer, Lisa Sibrian, Angelica 2023-08 application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01 The student, Zhi Luo, accepted the attached license on 2023-06-13 at 09:51. The student, Zhi Luo, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2023-06-13 at 10:27. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2023-06-14 at 11:52. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19419 on 2023-12-04 at 17:17:56 The public in print: revisiting historical US political visuals in a digital age Luo, Zhi 2023-06-14 Visual Rhetoric Visual Historiography Graphic Design Nationalism Racism History Of Printing. Image-making and visual design have long been intertwined with political upheavals. Two forms of persuasion in political communication—propaganda, and expressions of dissent—have relied heavily on visual channels. This thesis puts theories of communication, visual rhetoric, psychology of image-making and graphic design in conversation with historical and contemporary events and argues that images and design elements function as visual arguments. Borrowing from the framework of linguistics, this paper treats images both holistically and syntactically. First, it analyzes iconic political visuals from an image-making and visual communication perspective; then it traces the symbols’ evolution in political discourse across time. In doing so, this thesis argues that examining print and analog media and print history remains an essential methodology for interrogating contemporary political visual culture. Text eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121305 Copyright 2023 Zhi Luo. M.F.A. Thesis Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Art & Design