The Possibility and Actuality of Visual Arguments
1. J. Anthony Blair, in “The Possibility and Actuality of Visual Arguments,” takes on the task of deciding whether “visual” artifacts can be “arguments.” Do you think visual artifacts are arguments? Why or why not? To what extent is your social media campaign an “argument,” and what role do your visual components (like the video you are working on) play?
2.Keith Kenney, in his article, “Building Visual Communication Theory by Borrowing From Rhetoric,” uses the case study of “Dan” to show how a visual campaign (in the days before social media) sought to win support against billboard companies from a city council. Kenney analyzes visual components of speeches that both Dan and representatives of the billboard companies used, and to what effect they used them. Given that your campaign will take place through social media, how might social media campaigns, and the capabilities that the technology affords us, change the dynamics of visual arguments like those of Dan and his opponents
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