Abstract
This study discusses the theories, concepts, and also theoretical implications in public service campaign advertisements. There is a basic theory namely semiotics which carries the concept of visual rhetoric and its relationship with several related concepts. Each of the theories and concepts used has an important role in leading to the visual formation and delivery of visual rhetorical meaning to the audience. In this study, theories and concepts are compiled and explained by using public service announcement (PSA) as a case study. As a result of this study, it can be seen that visual rhetoric is explored through the campaign advertisements and becomes the basis of visual communication. Ability in critical thinking becomes an important requirement in exploring and looking at the connections between visual rhetoric in the advertising campaigns of this study. This study can improve high-level thinking skills and also help audience know the need for visual rhetoric in public awareness campaigns.
Highlights
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social SciencesVisual Rhetoric in Visual Communication: Theory and Concepts in Public Service Announcements Advertising Campaign
Visual communication is a term in the process of conveying information and relating meaning, as stated by Suh (1999)
Frascara (1997) mentioned that visual communication is an academic subject that is widely studied covering various fields including communication and rhetoric, psychology, social sciences, and even design. This shows visual communication is an important part of a design to be applied in life and closeness to society, in turn, becomes a social activity
Summary
Visual Rhetoric in Visual Communication: Theory and Concepts in Public Service Announcements Advertising Campaign. Vol 11, No 9, 2021, Pg. 765 - 777 http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARBSS
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