Prop yourself up!

Our latest project in Surface was a two-part project called "Prop Yourself Up" which was all about raising awareness (and not being afraid of controversy!) for a certain cause we felt passionate about. After reading so many news articles about tragic cyberbullying deaths and other internet-related tragedies and losses of privacy, I felt very concerned about the direction that our high internet use is taking our society, especially college students. As Facebook grows increasingly less private and it becomes easier and easier for others to view and exploit personal information, I think we need to re-examine our internet use and perhaps cut back- looking at the negatives instead of only the positives. 


The first half of this project was a propaganda poster. I modeled my poster after vintage travel posters I looked at during my research. I tried to give the poster a vintage look to contrast the modernity of the internet. Through the symbols I used, I tried to convey the message that there are negatives as well as positives when it comes to the internet, and it may not be as innocent as it seems.