COMM 141 (Visual Rhetoric): Home

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For this project you'll be researching a public health or environmental issue/problem that has prompted a persuasive (PSA) campaign..

You're required to find at least four sources (other than the campaign website) on the issue and/or the related persuasive campaign.  These sources must be credible, reliable, and recent, and at least one of them should be from an academic, peer-reviewed journal.

Once you've chosen your issue and/or campaign, you need to:

• Research about the issue/problem - the causes and effects, who is most impacted, extent and scope, etc.
• Research how this issue/problem has been addressed through persuasive communication campaigns.  This includes your chosen campaign, of course, but also other persuasive campaigns that address the same issue or may be similar. 

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