This poster utilizes a variety of rhetorical appeals, including ethos, and pathos. First off, the elderly women suggests a character of vast wisdom. This established ethos gives validity to the caption - in the name of peace. The woman is pointing to the moon, which has a soviet establishment, implying that "winning" the space race would lead to ultimate peace.
Her look of inspiration and determination also rubs off on the audience, hopefully increasing their support for the soviet race to the moon - an appeal to pathos. Similarly, the bright light shining behind the woman instills hope, that the poster suggests a solution to end the conflict: beating the US to the moon.
This poster was released at a time of great ideological disputes and global tension, primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union - the poster's kairos. Both parties saw the race to the moon as a means to triumph over the other, not only in technology, but also in arms and ideologies.
This is a very well-written and detailed post. The hyperlink to the external webpage about Soviet propaganda was very helpful. The only thing I am left wondering is if there are any other interpretations of the poster besides this one?
ReplyDeleteThis is great piece, but I believe that it could be improved even more with the addition of more hyperlinks. A few examples of links to post would be articles describing the consequences if the soviets won the space race, and perhaps a piece of literature further explaining the space race as a broad topic.
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I think this is a really good analysis. I think that another message this poster sends is that the space exploration is in within their reach (portrayed by the woman's hand being very close to the moon). Also, you could think about how this propaganda influenced the audience's feelings toward space exploration.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good analysis of Soviet propaganda. It's interesting to see the messages conveyed by the poster, and you did a good job of determining their meanings. It would be even more interesting to see a comparison to a piece of American propaganda.
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