I see all kinds of images every day. The internet is a great source of images thanks to Google and all of its power. Also on the internet, the social media site Facebook has become a hub for various types of images. To quote the movie that so vividly (and claimed fictitiously) portrayed the creation of Facebook, The Social Network, Facebook and it’s image tagging ability allows people not only to “remember a party or great time, but to relive it online on Facebook.” So now, people can pretty much document every part of their lives online via image sharing media such as Facebook’s tagging.
Aside from the internet, every day we see different images. Newspapers, magazines, advertisements, everywhere are locations for various images. Some are persuasive, such as fast food restaurants with their highly desirable (yet never prepared that way) images of their food (hint McDonald’s). Another way images are persuasive are their tendency to have provocative subjects or ideas embedded in them. Why does Hooter’s succeed so well in advertising? They use provocative images of their famous waitresses.
Also images that have accompanying words can also be extremely persuasive. Consider a comic strip. If the strip has captions, certain words may have emphasis. Either they seem out of place for a character (widely used by Bill Watterson in his Calvin and Hobbes when Calvin speaks much more maturely than a young boy should) or some even are in ALL CAPS or Bolded. These words help emphasize a certain idea in both the text and the image.
In conclusion, images are present everywhere and almost all are trying to convey a rather persuasive messages using various forms.
Picture credits- 1: thesocialnetwork-movie.com 2:hooters.com 3: Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes
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