Political Propaganda: Same visual different meaning

What started out as a positive message and a positive visual for Obama turned into a visual that made a mockery of the 2008 election. Comment on how the same visual can be changed to have different underlying meanings.

Image sources

http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2009/08/14/change-obama-approval-index-history/

http://www.weltbranding.com/blog/2010/07/ad-fail-tea-party-obama/

http://artismoving.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

Political Propaganda

Regardless of your political views, you have probably seen political visuals that speak to you. What kinds of and effect do you believe visuals have on elections and politics in our country?

 

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/70518/borrell-radio-could-add-378m-from-political-ad-spe

http://madartlab.com/2011/04/29/ai-pondering-political-propaganda/

http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2008/10

Visuals: The impact of personal experience

 

Take a look at the two following groups of visuals. One group includes photos of 9/11 and the Virginia Tech Massacre. The second group of visuals includes photos from WWII including Nazi Germany and Pearl Harbor. Comment on how person experience can impact the way a viewer interprets visuals. Does personal experience have any impact in the way a visual can affect someone’s learning? Are our students more likely to connect to photos in the first group?

 

 

 

 

 

Image sources

http://gc911truth.com/9-11-pic1.jpg

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/080706governmentcomplicit.htm

http://mylifeofcrime.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/va-tech-memorial.jpg

http://archive.pawprintsnewspaper.com/articles/2007/04/22/news/images/memorial.jpg

http://man321.glogster.com/world-war-2/

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/exhibits/nowinonlinholo.html

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

Visuals: Similarities and Differences

 

Take a look a the following visuals, one from 9-11 and the other from World War 2. These two photos are very similar, but also different in their appearance, meaning and impact. Discuss briefly how these two images may be interpreted similarly or differently by a viewer based on the background of the image and the appearance.

Image Source: http://mail.csisd.org/~ow/FOV1-0001D14E/S0430D27D.0/flagraising.jpg

 

Image Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m--nmvS-kj0/Tb924RraXLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/O3HNy-5M7jE/s1600/iwo-9-11-final.jpg

Additional Photos

Image reference: http://s.ngm.com/afghan-girl/images/afghan-girl.jpg

Here is an additional visual Sara Gibbs sent me, just for your information, showing the same girl 17 years later after living in a place full of war. No need to comment unless you would like to.

Powerful Images

Image Source: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text

This image of an Afghan woman, taken by Steve McCurry, appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985. This image has remained one of the most captivating images to date. Please comment briefly on the following:
Why is this image so powerful? What makes an image meaningful? How does your audience impact the level of importance?

VIsual constructivism: Choosing wisely

As a class we have discussed many ways to make traditional learning as well as distance learning more effective, more interesting, and reach more audiences. A key factor to creating such learning is constructivism. We have also discussed the importance of visuals and choosing them carefully, to make sure that your images have an impact on the learner. This blog is going to focus on the importance of visuals and thinking about how to choose visuals for constructivism effectively.