Hi Tuyen, good job on rhetorical analysis since you did points out many significant points of the issue presented in the documentary Miss Representation. I agree with you that “Newsom effectively convinces the audience of Miss Representation that the media portrays women in society simply through the value of women’s look” based on the statistics and her persuasive evidence. Photoshop is mostly used to retouch models’ figure in advertisements in order to bring perfect female images to the public. That the media’s extreme focus on how a girl or a woman should look like creates a misleading thought that women’s value is portrayed by their outward appearance. It is absolutely inaccurate since advertisers just tend to manipulate consuming behaviors;
In “The War Photo No One Would Publish”, the author Torie Rose DeGhett depicts the meaning behind censorship along with the technicalities that it has on public views. DeGhett proposes that pictures should always be published so the viewers can get a comprehensive detailed effect of what is happening around the world they inhabit. DeGhett also proposes the idea that “it’s hard to calculate the consequences of a photographs absence” (DeGhett 74). This statement leads to the idea of censorship causing the argument of whether certain media outlooks should be censored to the public or not. A media source such as TMZ is a great example that shows how it undermines the right of censorship of others privacy to make a manipulated celebrity story that
Although Matt Taibbi’s article is bias to some extent and is composed of inappropriate grammar at times, Taibbi does do a brilliant job in attempting to draw the most likely, an antagonistic, audience’s attention and trust by using
Many people today are constantly exposed to advertisements and social media. Whether that be on television at the gym, scrolling through social media on lunch break, or in the car on the way to work, modern society has embedded constant visual rhetoric into their lives. Being exposed to such a thing has almost dulled modern day’s senses to all the elements of visual rhetoric in an ad or a magazine. Among the galleries of the online baseball book This Great Game there hides an image of the hall of famer Jackie Robinson after he had been hit in the head by a fastball. The illustrator used careful tactics of photoshop, diction, and framing to push forth the message that Jackie Robinson shone as a beacon of light for the civil rights movement and
The emotional appeal is furthered during later parts of the article. For instance, McWhortor proves word have connotation through the use of anecdotal and somewhat historical evidence when he uses direct examples of controversial
His gestures and postures give the audience a sense of credible because he seems confident with his point. His gestures also help him to make the whole work runs on smoothly. One of the gesture can be seen in the page 750 where McCloud crosses his arms. McCloud’s crossing arms makes the readers pause and think about what he had said. In another word, images can provoke the emotion of the audiences and leave strong impression in audiences’
Today’s advancement in technology has not only made connecting with individuals around the world easier, but has also made deception more prominent. Those of us who use the web understand that not every source of material is credible, and just like, in regards to information posted, photos of individuals can also be contorted. For instance, someone posts a picture in front of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz, your automatic thought is “Wow, they have a nice car” or “Wow, they’ve got money” when in actuality, the car isn’t theirs
Conclusion: In short, using Photoshop to edit photo is a controversial topic. Many people think McCurry’s reputation is ruined. I still believe McCurry’s action is reasonable. As a photographer, the codes of ethical conducts do not apply to him. Also, McCurry promises he will “rein in his use of Photoshop.”
All of the visual elements combined together create an argument and message that revolves around our current society and technology, “motion pictures, just like any art form, reflect the archetypes and myths that are within a particular culture at a particular time” (lester). We live in a culture that relies to the internet and social media. Instead of focusing on ourselves and the environment around us, we are in a constant cycle looking for validation on social media. In order to feel good about ourselves, we turn to social media and post pictures of ourselves to boost our ego and feel a sense of value. Instead of being leaders and emphasizing our originality, we conform to the standards of society.
The Image Culture by Christine Rosen is a very interesting article that engages the mind by making the readers think of their own everyday interactions with images. Rosen’s article defines the way that society has made images more important than the written word. Rosen also discusses that even though images of all kinds may be manipulated or falsified, but are still preferred to the written word. The concept that images have taken precedence in our society brings focus to how Rosen’s assertions within her article are enlightening, and thought provoking.
Ethical guidelines include, taking on sensitive subjects, enhancement and alteration of photographs, photographs of children, privacy, decency, harassment, posing subjects and exploitation. In the 1960s a photograph of the Vietnam War threatened this ethical guideline. However this photograph still managed to make its way into the media for reasons that outweighed these ethical guidelines.
These principles include choices in the creation of how a message is carried out. The images are handled as a realistic photograph. The image in the advertisement for the Cartier watch is treated as a colored appearance. The particular images are large that is presenting a modern style product. Style is like the intonation of an, something that pervades and is continuous with the words spoken and, thus, is not something that can be isolated easily or even pointed to with precision(Scott 1994,p.268)
#1: What is a camera obscura, and how is it used? In 1685, Johann Zahn created camera obscura which helped several artists during this time create their pieces (Camera Obscura History Timeline 1). Camera obscura was a box like device with a hole in it which allowed for light to pass through in order to create a visual on a surface within the box. Further, this allows for colors to become more prominent as well as helps for the piece to come alive due to movement (Camera Obscura History Timeline 1). An example of camera obscura is Jan Vermeer’s piece The Letter, this depicts an elegant woman glaring up at her servant with a facial expression which displays confusion once being presented with a letter (The Love Letter 1).
With recent advancements in technology, it is now far easier to fabricate fake news and make it look convincing. Image and audio editors can make photos and videos seem genuine. Websites can also be easily made to look like that of a genuine, reputable news website. As a result, most readers are unable to identify the nature of the website, causing them to believe blatant falsehoods, thereby negatively affecting their perception of certain people or organisations.
Dawson effectively validates her argument that celebrities greatly influence videos that go viral by having a well-balanced approach to rhetorical strategies. In this article, Lia Dawson discusses how certain YouTube videos have gone viral while some have not, even though they follow the same pattern as the popular videos. There are copious factors that can contribute to a video’s popularity, including: “the ability to parody it, its unexpectedness,” etc., but she contends celebrities are the most influential factor in deciding how popular a video will become. From here, she begins crafting the evidence to support her argument (using ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos).
