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Topic A: What is the Visual Expression of Opinion?

In U.S. newspapers and magazines, opinions are often expressed visually in the form of opinion ads, political cartoons or photography. After studying and discussing these three different visual genre, you will explain two types.

Choose two different examples that are not from the textbook and attach them to your essay.

· Describe the complete context of each visual. Be sure they are not similar.

· Explain what techniques were used in these images (you may compare them or analyze each separately).

· Clearly explain to an international audience what opinions are expressed through these techniques and how.

· Explain how/why the images are successful or not successful? (The visuals you pick may be international, effective or ineffective examples.)

Topic B: The Ethics of Visual Expression

In U.S. newspapers and magazines, opinions are often expressed visually in the form of opinion ads, political cartoons or photography. However, there are ethical issues arising in conjunction with all of these sources of visual opinion, especially in this era of Photoshop.

Choose two different examples that are not from the textbook to attach to your essay. Analyze the examples you have chosen for an international audience.

· What ethical issues arose from the visuals you chose?  Why?

· What do these examples teach us about “subjectivity vs. objectivity” in the visual medium?

· Why are these issues significant today and in the future?

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Task: Write a 700-1000-word explanation essay that analyzes two types of visuals for an international audience. Choose your own original title. Refer to the techniques studied in our textbook (pages 30-41) and the issues you discussed and wrote about during class analysis.