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This article starts OK, but the conclusions don't make any sense to me... Print advertising isn't dead, it still lives on (of course) in print, and even if news
by stephen_g 8y ago
This article starts OK, but the conclusions don't make any sense to me... Print advertising isn't dead, it still lives on (of course) in print, and even if newspapers and magazines are diminishing, billboards and other outdoor advertising certainly are not. Sure, there is way less of an emphasis on it with new types of media that have popped up in the meantime, but it's crazy to say the Internet has killed it...
It says "It’s hard to imagine the NSA launching a similar campaign today" and "We’ll never see their likes again" - but of course they still produce this kind of stuff internally... Sure, the style has evolved and changed from the mid-century aesthetic, and the way the message is communicated has changed a bit, but 'creative/artistic' posters for this purpose still exist and will continue to... I literally saw a cartoon poster reminding people not to share classified information produced by the Australian Defence Department last week on a site visit to a Navy facility that uses some of our hardware...