Images as Persuasion
Images can be used as a means of persuasion. Who uses images to persuade? What are some of the reason for making a persuasive image? What is the primary industry that creates this kind of imagery?
Assignment: Find 3 examples of images that are used to persuade the viewer of something. copy the images into a word document, then write down what the image is trying to persuade the viewer. Go to magazine sites, newspaper companies, political or environmental agencies. What is the intended message? who is creating the message? Who is the intended audience? Email the document to me. Michelle_Dame@dpsk12.org
Attached are three images- you are to choose a partner and assume a different role with each picture. Write a paragraph with your partner choosing opposite roles and debating their chief concerns for each role.
(The factory- factory owner, and environmentalist)
vacant lot with plastic bottles(Vacant lot with plastic bottles- advertiser selling milk, and organization trying to stop littering)
Two houses (Two houses- real estate agent who wants to sell the houses, and city developer who wants to develop the property)
Taken from www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/Impersuasion.html
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Spencer- Organization
Daniel- Advertiser
Daniel- I think that we should still be able to sell milk. Milk is in constant demand for millions of people ever year. The littering can be tolerated if there is only a small amount.
Spencer-Look at all the junk! this is destroying the environment it has to stop now or the squirrels will die.
Factory
Miles is the Environmentalist-I think this factory is a bad thing. As you can see from the picture it is right next to the water, and could be polluting it, which is bad for animals, plants, etc. Also you can see that the factory is making large clouds of smoke that pollute the air and affect the environment.
Randy is the Factory Owner- I think this factory is great. It is supplying the town with a necassary product and it is only causing a minor pollution problem.
Vacant Lot
Randy Stop Littering- Putting milk bottles in the middle of a vacant lot is littering and doing such is a crime. It is hurting the enviroment and anyone causing such a thing should be punished
Miles Advertiser- It’s just milk bottles! Not my fault if an animal gets in there. Besides thats what street sweepers are for!
Two Houses-
Miles-Real estate agent-the house is fine all it needs is alittle remodleing and its sold! no need to let such good living space go to waste.
Randy-Developer- The houses are on a perfect lot to make a big house and who cares if the houses have been there for a long time, old stuff needs to make room for newer, bigger, and better stuff.
The Factory-
Factory Owner: Aurelia
Environmentalist: Abby
Environmentalist- Factories are killing our planet, they are causing global warming which could destroy our world. Factory owners only care about money and what kind of jewelry they’re going to wear that day. They should actually look and see what their factories are doing to the earth. For instance we are losing polar bears as the ice melts. All because of the factories. If we are going to have pollution-producing factories then we might as well say goodbye to the world.
Factory Owner- This factory is earning me my money and helps to support my family and me. The factory is my life and who cares if I hurt some polar bears in the process. I am supposedly “destroying our Earth”, but really am I?? I am merely improving it, materialistic wise. The fact is that whether I do or do not own a factory the polar bears are going to die.
Vacant Lot With Plastic Bottles-
Aurelia- Advertiser
Abby- Organization
Organization- On behalf of this organization we feel that this littering is a problem. People are becoming lazy and aren’t picking up their trash. If none of us pick up our trash then our whole world will become a pig sty. The trash will start getting in our water system and killing the fish and destroying our drinking water. Milk can be sold without littering, or if it’s going to be thrown on the ground it should be biodegradable or environment friendly.
Advertiser- Well, as long as these people are buying milk then I have no problems to what happens afterward. Thousands of fish are killed each day. They are killed to be eaten, but in this case they are just killed. Is there REALLY a difference? I’ll answer that. NO! You could say that about the polar bears and Pepsi, but the polar bears are left alone. Bottom Line is, BUY THE MILK. It helps build strong bones.
Two Houses
Abby- Real Estate Agent
Aurelia- City Developer
Real Estate Agent- Step right up folks and buy the greatest houses on earth. These magical places are right for you! They have at least one bedroom and bathroom. They also have a kitchen and living room. These houses could become very soon historical landmarks. So think about it you could be living in a historical place. You ghost fans out there you could say that there might be some spirits in the house, but if your not a ghost fan, you don’t need to worry about it. Also there are some very nice ads around the house so you will always be entertained. So folks these houses will sell fast so put your money in before anyone else does.
City Developer- We don’t need any more houses, we need more restaurants and skyscrapers. The more restaurants we have the happier the people will be. The more buildings we have the town will be more efficient. The less houses and more buildings means better economy for our town.
advertiser selling milk-the space represents how milk is not as important as it used to be in the world
organization trying to stop littering-This proves how humanity has forgotten about the beauty of the world
Advertiser selling milk- Ian
Organization trying to stop littering- Emma
Advertiser selling milk- This advertisements proves that our milk is very good because so many people must have drunken it that it must be good. This picture also means that we should make more milk so more people will buy it and drink it and we will make more money.
Organization trying to stop littering- This is ridicules. The world is not a trash pile but all that trash is making it look like it. People need to start caring about the Earth and not just throwing their trash on it.