Political AdvertisingResearch, teaching and personal stuff.Osaka Gubernatorial Election posters- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The incumbent Fusae ta ( )'s poster emphasizes her name rather than her face, and features the slogan "accelerate the revitalization of Osaka" () It also discreetly notes the recommendations of the LDP, DJP and Komeito. These recommendations became a focal point of the campaign, as the DJP Dietmember and former Osaka baseball hero Takenori Emoto ( ) resigned from the Diet to stand for governor. emphasizesster emphasises his face, featuring not one but two close-up photographs. The larger...http://homepage.mac.com/jonathan_lewis/blog/2004/02/04#OsakaGoverner1 Regulations on Colours- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Under the regime of Napoleon III in the 1850s the crackdown on political opposition extended to posters. "Policemen tore down opposition posters, which were easy to spot because only official candidates were allowed to use white paper." Graham Robb, Slippery Prince . London Review of Books Vol. 25 No. 12, 19 June 2003.http://homepage.mac.com/jonathan_lewis/blog/2003/11/25#napoleon01 |