Front Page News!
Visual Rhetoric is as important
to the audience as words are to a story. Glancing through the archived front
pages in Newseum, I noticed that most images were colorful and bold, but not
all were similar in appearance. Instead, they use oversized text and an image
of the topic that would be written about. One example of the use of visual rhetoric can be seen in the Chicago Sun-Times front page, they used exactly that, a picture of Osama bin Laden, with big bold letters running through the bottom of the page that read "DEAD." Strategies like those are what lures the reader to turn the page and stay focused on that story. Readers have to be aware that images,
colors and layouts are not coincidental, but actually strategically planned out,
“We use visuals to argue through representation, symbolism, and metaphor.” Sometimes
having the right visual leads to capturing the audience’s attention, which in
return keeps the reader engaged in the content. [1
image, 2 links, 1 quotation, 162 words]
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.