The On the Town Activities made me think about print media in a totally different way. The untrained eye usually gravitates to what is appealing. But how do we really determine what makes print media appealing? Is it the colors, the movement, the images, the spacing of imagines? Well, this assignment says yes to all of those items and more. For both assignments I chose to write about the Uncle Sam poster for both assignments. I chose this piece of print media because I work for the History Department at Old Dominion University. It just so happens that we were having a WWI commemoration event the night the first assignment came out. At the event the speaker quickly talked about the Uncle Sam poster, how it came about and what it meant to the country at the time we were about to enter the war. Upon review of the poster I found that it did steer clear of the Redundancy principle. However, I thought it followed the Coherence principle, as there were no unnecessary text or images on the poster. Everything on the poster had purpose. This is partly what made the poster so effective.   In the second review of the poster I found that it relied heavily on the Personalization principle. Having the Uncle Sam character represent the U.S. government was very important to the success of this poster. More of that is explained in my post, which I found very interesting to write. These activities taught me the principles to apply to my own creations to make them powerful pieces. It is always a trainers aim to influence the thinking and/or actions of others. Incorporation of these ideas will definitely make my training print media, and videos more effective!