Class Year
2018
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2014
Department 1
First Year Seminar
Abstract
This paper describes the purpose and effectiveness of distributed campaign materials in the context of President Dwight D Eisenhower's 1952 and 1956 elections. It analyzes campaign buttons and political cartoons distributed by the Eisenhower administration to determine how they furthered the image Eisenhower wished to convey during his campaigns. This image is presented by applying certain aesthetic qualities to the campaign materials.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Loughran, Rachel C., "Distributed Media in the Age of Eisenhower: Political Buttons" (2014). Student Publications. 266.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/266
Included in
American Politics Commons, Political History Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
This paper was written for Prof. Julie Hendon's First Year Seminar, FYS 103: Bringing the Past into the Present, Fall 2014.