Election Posters in Finland: Cueing Emotions with Visual Imagery

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    Abstract

    This chapter has a twofold objective. Firstly, it provides a review of election posters as a campaign medium in Finland, dealing with regulation, effects, and evolution. The observation that visual imagery has become increasingly important in Finnish election posters leads to the second objective, which is to empirically explore the use across time of a specific visual emotional cue in the posters: child imagery. The chapter identifies a paradox: although the review shows that the content, rhetoric, and style of Finnish party posters have changed significantly across time, the analysis of child imagery points to considerable consistency. Across time, the share of posters depicting children has been stable, and there are enduring themes in the use of child imagery.

    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Title of host publicationElection Posters Around the Globe: Political Campaigning in the Public Space
    EditorsChristina Holtz-Bacha, Bengt Johansson
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages115–137
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-32498-2
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-32496-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    MoE publication typeA3 Part of a book or another research book

    Keywords

    • Campaigning
    • Electioneering
    • POLITICAL campaigns
    • POLITICAL parties
    • Propaganda
    • Visual Studies

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