Design Context: OUGD403 - Message and Delivery Research : Domestic Violence

Thursday 25 October 2012

OUGD403 - Message and Delivery Research : Domestic Violence

Rihanna and Chris Brown

Taken from the Metro

The Rihanna and Chris Brown scandal has been ongoing for a number of years and with rumours of their reunion reported in the national press I have been drawn to researching the topic of violence.

In 2009 Rihanna was assaulted by Chris Brown resulting in a very public court case and Brown being sentenced to one year's probation and domestic violence counselling.

I'd hit that t-shirt source

Infographic

Statistics

It has been shown that 40% of domestic violence victim are male which is a surprising statistic as the subject is more commonly associated with women. I think domestic violence in males is not publicised to a satisfactory standard as people don't know how to approach the subject. As a designer I would find it very hard to represent male domestic violence rather than in women.

Male Domestic Violence

Some of the campaigns for domestic violence are very stereotypical with an image of a woman/man looking scared of battered. This is one of the few campaigns I have found which is slightly more interesting. I find this piece quite haunting and scary.

Domestic Violence

Another example of an ad for domestic violence without using an image of a real person. I think images like this which include random objects from around the household help to break the stereotypical image of a woman being the victim.