All nations use propaganda to a degree to help ensure its peoples loyalty and support. North Korea is one of those nations that has this practice down do a well perfected art. I sketched an example of what an average propaganda poster might look like in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It is interesting to note how they refuse to admit that there are two separate Korean states, but that is a different topic. In most pieces of propaganda, the Kim family is shown as the saviors of Korea, the ones responsible for the “success” and “prosperity” of the North. In my piece,  I had Kim Il Song placed prominently in the bottom right corner, open palm outstretched across the page. He looms larger than almost everything on the page, representing the shear magnitude of influence he has on the DPRK, and how important he is in the daily life of citizens. Across the bottom, I depicted the untamed wild and mountains fading into a modern city sky line. The caption, “Building our Future”, symbolizes the shift from a farming society to a modern community, Across the top, the banner of North Korea flies, signifying a Korea united under one flag. The top left corner displays the emblem of DPRK’s only political party. In addition, light radiates out from Kim Il Song, as if the sun was just rising from behind the mountain, showing how he represents a new start for Korea.

Disclaimer: I believe none of this. This was done as an assignment for class.

Today i participated in a physiology study. it was focused on human short term memory function and how different stimuli may affect it. the over all process was reality simple. The administrator began by recording out initial blood pressure and heart rates, to gauge how our bodies acted in a resting environment. Following the initial recording of vital stats, the test environment was commenced. the only purpose pf this section was to familiarize the participants with the test. in essence, all the test was comprised of was a quadrant with four marked sections, with an image appearing in one sector each iteration. the image would either be a scene appearing outside or inside, and the subjects would be required to record where it appeared. So , each iteration the participant would circle the quadrant in which the image appeared and weather it appeared outside or inside. following this section, subjects were asked to complete simple multiplications for five minutes (ie. 45X12, 11X21, 34X46). Following this blood pressure and heart rate were again measured. next in the procedure, subjects were presented with a blank quadrant, when each image was presented on screen, participants were askedto mark which quadrant each image appeared in. being a part of the control group, i was not subjected to any stressors however subsequent groups will be distracted by “obnoxious construction sounds” and other stressors, i am worried that this experiment will not produce any significant results because even though i was only the control and not subject to any stressors, i do not feel confident tat i correctly recorded any locations in the second part of the experiment.