Friday, October 24, 2008

Jenna's Topics

1. The problem of the growing cost of social security/health care for the aging baby boomer generation. I think it would appeal to to the younger generations to tell them they can help come up with a different solution.
2. The future of health care for people our age, as it applies to something like birth control or ADD medicine, which are a pretty universal prescription types of medication.
3. The growing cost of education, and what it means for us, and maybe what it will mean for future generations.

With my 3 ideas, I want to focus on our generation having its own authority, and using the idea of rejecting the ideas of our elders as a way to look toward our own future. Though that idea of not wanting to listen to adults is sort of immature, I feel like a lot of people see not voting as a way to rebel, when really it is just continuing to submit to the older generations' ideas/policies.

2 comments:

Ryan said...

These are all strong concepts, and each one has its merits. Develop a strategy for how to get your audience involved. Do you focus on the idea of exclusion, like Nichele Narcisi or will you focus on inclusion?

Remember, these are protest posters, so you can use a strong voice. Well-written trumps maturity, and they're for YOUR age group. This can be a macro idea that encompasses a range, or you can focus on one of these.

I think ideas 2 and 3 are the strongest as they appeal directly to one's selfish concerns, ie, themselves as opposed to helping another generation that they may feel made things worse for them (the boomers will use up all our money for social security). This could be an in, however.

Good thinking, Jenna. Work on imagery and writing!

harmstro said...

I agree with Ryan that 2 and 3 are the strongest. I really like your strategy of giving your generation its own authority. Now that you have an overall strategy, narrow down your approach to each issue.