Date of Award:
5-2015
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
English
Committee Chair(s)
Steven B. Shively
Committee
Steven B. Shively
Committee
Evelyn Funda
Committee
Lynne McNeill
Abstract
The scope of this thesis is an examination of visual rhetoric and its societal impacts. The framework is an historical timeline from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. The thesis is an interdisciplinary activity that embeds Art History in American Studies. It is beneficial to scholars in a variety of fields, including, but not limited to: English, American Studies, Art History, Photography, Sociology, Anthropology, and History. It braids together the theoretical perspectives of propaganda, visual rhetoric, and advocacy. The thesis is based on library research with no outside funding.
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Recommended Citation
Halling, Shelly Stock, "Propaganda Powers Social Reform: The Visual Rhetoric of Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, and Norman Rockwell" (2015). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4253.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4253
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