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Visualising semiotics with ThingLink

Posted by Katherine on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 in 20th Century, Digital, Research

I have been looking for effective ways to visualise my semiotic analysis of Ministry of Information propaganda posters so that I can easily communicate my results. I went to the MCNx conference on Monday, where I listened to a presentation…

Experiments in semiotic analysis: Dig for Victory

Posted by Katherine on June 12, 2017February 21, 2018 in 20th Century, Research

An important part of my research project is to understand the potential meanings that people can draw from Ministry of Information propaganda posters of the Second World War. By investigating how people interpret these images and what thoughts and memories…

Cultural memory of Second World War images: Research survey launch

Posted by Katherine on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 in 20th Century, Research

Today I am launching a research survey to investigate how people remember and think about images from the Second World War. The survey contains five images and asks you to comment on your opinions and memories relating to each image….

‘What have I got to lose even if Germany wins?’ Apathy on the British Home Front

Posted by Katherine on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 in 20th Century, Research

I spent some time at the National Archives recently, looking for administrative documents relating to the conception, design and distribution of the home front campaigns that I will be investigating in my fieldwork. I came across a document detailing a…

Photographs, Motorbikes and the Ministry of Information: an interview with Anne Olivier Bell

Posted by Katherine on November 22, 2016 in 20th Century, Research

This article was originally published on the MoI Digital website on 21 November 2016. In the summer of 2016, Anne Olivier Bell celebrated her 100th birthday. She has enjoyed a varied career including working at the Ministry of Information, the…

Second World War infographics

Posted by Katherine on April 3, 2016 in 20th Century

Recently we’ve seen a bit of a craze for infographics: they are appearing in dedicated coffee table books on every subject, you now find them frequently in newspapers, magazines and online articles and all over social media. It is likely that social media has had some influence on this, since infographics make it easier for complex and often dull information to be shared within an eye-catching 140 characters with just a couple of clicks. Additionally it is now much easier to produce infographics with the availability of easy-to-use free software.

However, people have always wanted to share information with the public and visual images have always been a successful method of attracting attention. While that word ‘infographic’ only began to appear in the second half of the 20th century, they have existed in media under other names as soon as printing technology allowed them to.

One period when these kinds of images came into their own was during the Second World War, when graphic design techniques were flourishing and information needed to be controlled and disseminated quickly and successfully.

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