Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Visual Language - Rhetoric

I pick to focus on Chinese American in this assignment

1. What are some predominately shared values of this group? (broadly in life, not politics)


strong family values, education, traditional, respect, and hard work.


2. What political policies/issues are particularly important to this demographic in this election? why?

Immigration, rejoining their family member and having a opportunity to pursuit a better life in the states. Education, Chinese believe education that is the root of the future. Health Care, staying healthy. 


3. are there any cultural references your demographic identifies with? what?

Movie Stars, Chinese Cuisine, Buddhism, Taoism, Kung Fu, Calligraphy


4. what does their graphic landscape look like? (this is sometime called "visual audit") put another way, assemble a range of designed artifacts that are targeted toward this group - packages, posters, companies, logos, publications, etc

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5. including the aiga document and other sources, what are the issues cited for this group not voting?


The top five reasons given by Asian voters for not voting were:

- Too busy; conflicting schedule

- Out of town

- Not interested

- Voter registration problems

- Illness or disablitiy


resources

wikipedia

answer.com

signonsandiego.com



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