The Task: Assignment for ASCJ200: Navigating Media and News in the Digital Age; design an infographic that tells a story about a specific topic or group (chosen previously in the semester to be studied throughout the course).
The Process: The topic I chose to study for ASCJ200 was Vietnamese-Americans, specifically their refugee heritage and how it affects them today. While I was originally interested in statistics about the two waves of Vietnamese immigration, I found that surveys about Vietnamese-American attitudes about the nation and behaviors were far more interesting and told a more interesting story about the integration of the two cultures; Vietnamese-Americans take one aspects of both cultures, holding on to many traditions while feeling at-home in American. In order to capture the combination of two cultures, I selected a well-known photo depicting “boat people” and the colors of the American flag.
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop CC