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CONCEPT + DEVELOPMENT As seen on the inspiration board on the pre- vious spread, my research focused heavily on “face posters” this is due to the fact that I believe in posters like the aim should be to “put a face to the cause”, and although this isn’t a major cause it’s still impor- tant to do this in order to create a feeling of recogni- tion between the student and the mentor. My point of view is backed up with the follow- ing research: “Researchers Hee-Kyung Ahn of Hanyang University, South Korea, Hae Joo Kim of Wilfrid Laurier University, and Pankaj Aggarwal of the University of Toronto Scar- borough and the Rotman School of Management, found that anthropomorphizing social causes is effective be- cause it appeals to people’s sense of guilt. “We are not consciously aware of why seeing a hu- man face on a campaign has an impact, but we defi- nitely feel a deeper connection to it,” says Aggarwal.” https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/please-feed-me-the-pow- er-of-putting-a-human-face-on-social-causes.html