Proposal

=__**Proposal**__ =

=** Group Resume **= = = Grioup Members:
 * Timur Khamitov (995666989), DEM specialist, Business background and experience with Audio. Will be responsible for maintaining the Wiki space allocated to the creation of this assignment as well as research.


 * Ken Wang (994573939), DEM specialist, some project management and marketing experience. Will be responsible for leading the project including directing the main content and insuring tasks are completed on schedule.


 * Lorianne Ly (994803771), DEM specialist, some project management and new media experience. Will be responsible for research and editing.


 * Tan Lam, Denise Mak (994819461), CCIT Major and experience with Illustrator and Photoshop. Will be responsible for writing a topic and drawing comical visual images in the handbook.

=Background on project.= : How to run a totalitarian government for dummies. We purpose to create a guide that revels the nature of oppressive governments in a satirical and humors’ way. It will be done in a small hand book and named “how to run a totalitarian government for dummies” The goal of this handbook would be to illustrate certain methods of totalitarian governments, such as how they control the media, political oppression of dissidents, and the nature of the military. Of course being a political topic, this handbook would be published in the political section of a liberal based newspaper. Thus most audiences targeted would be individuals who are interested or have a slight interest in international or domestic politics in general. The key message of this cultural jamming topic is to shed a light on totalitarian government in their prospective, which is contrary to traditional western media methods. As well the language of this handbook would be more of a comical tone instead of a more serious tone to give the readers a more amusing experience. The content will be divided into several sections with topics such as “how to control the media 101” “pay your military generals well” “make an effective example out of traitors” It will be basically a step by step method similar to cooking instructions and the division of topics makes the entire guide more simple to read. The medium would be in print because the handbook would be a portion of a political magazine or newspaper.
 * ** Title **
 * ** Overview **
 * ** Goals and Objectives **
 * ** Audience **
 * **Key Message**
 * **Content Planning**
 * ** Medium of Expression **
 * ** Schedule **

__Week 1__
 * proposal submitted
 * 1st group meeting during lab
 * Briefly go over the general theme and brainstorm

__Week 2__
 * putting all the ideas together
 * 2nd group meeting
 * start writeup

__Week 3__
 * finish main writeup
 * start on graphics portion
 * prepare presentation

__Week 4__
 * finish graphic portion
 * finalize everything
 * final group meeting

Graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane is one of the main inspirations for this cultural jamming topic as the novel illustrates the state of totalitarian government in a really defining way. Also this project is highly influenced by format style of "for dummies" books. Satrapi, Marjane. //Persepolis// //The Story of a Childhood//. New York: Pantheon, 2004. Print.
 * **Bibliography**

Certain comical visual images aside with real images would also be in the handbook to enhance the handbook. For example the "tank man picture" during the Tienanmen square protest could be a good reference for the handbook.
 * ** Visual/Conceptual References **