M. T. Anderson: Feed Analysis

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For this creative project, based on the novel Feed by M.T. Anderson, I decided to create a propaganda-like poster from the perspective of the Feed makers. The poster presents two people staring at a wall of screen, representing the Feed that they would be looking at in their heads. The slogan at the top of the poster, “Don’t Think— We’ll Do It For You” is how I feel the novel could be summed up in one statement. I decided to convey the novel in this way because to me, one of the most significant meanings behind Feed is letting technology control our thoughts and actions. Thus, represented in the slogan, and the people who are looking at the Feed in front of them. In the poster, there are images on the screens that relate to what was read in

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