I decided to look at front-page news of the archived Newseum
on the National School Walkouts that students participated in the spring of
2018 in response to school gun violence.
Images such as the one above create an atmosphere of chaos for the
reader. The message sent is one where
students are being held captive and are doing whatever it takes to escape by
the masses. This visual rhetoric appeals
to our emotions, eliciting a sense of desperation. What must students be feeling? With titles such as “Can’t Hold Us Back”, “Enough
is Enough” and “We Deserve Better,” the reader is left thinking the worse. It creates a sentiment of censorship. This visual rhetoric and the images chosen to
portray this national protest against gun violence in schools attempts to sway
our thoughts about likening gun violence and the lack of action on the part of
society to sacrificing our children in schools.
In the Chicago Tribune front page, we see a red tape across the mouth of
a student, sending the message that she is not being allowed to speak and be
protected. “We’ll get back up again,”
the subtitle used to explain the strength of the student body in the Miami Herald
headline depicts courage. How can a
reader not be swayed in either direction?
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