The visual selected shows a picture of a young child with an
angry disposition holding a knife in one hand and a girl in the other. The visual
makes a powerful statement about the negative effect violent media has on kids,
with the colors and words in the image, and expressions on the kid’s face. The central image is of a kid with a very
angered expression, and he seems as if he is trying to accomplish something.
Most probably, he has gotten the ideas of using the toy knives and guns from being
exposed to violent media. The black and green colors give a very
negative emotion to the picture, and the green especially implicates a war
likes scene. The child seems to be talking to someone through a microphone, and
one can make an inference that the child could be using violent and harsh
language. Along with visuals, the image contains words.
The child is wearing a shirt that says “SOLDIER”. These words suggest that the child considers himself heroic by using violence. The visual is aiming to express that violent media can change a child’s mindset about violence, that killing is normal and could even be considered heroic. Exposure to such violence could also change a child’s behaviors, as shown in the child’s expressions in the image.
Undoubtedly, the visual is effective because it uses a normal child to express how violent media can change someone for the negative. Knives and guns could become normal, and children, with violent media, become immune to the harshness of killings and violence. The child in the image especially affects people because everyone at one point has been a child or a parent.
The child is wearing a shirt that says “SOLDIER”. These words suggest that the child considers himself heroic by using violence. The visual is aiming to express that violent media can change a child’s mindset about violence, that killing is normal and could even be considered heroic. Exposure to such violence could also change a child’s behaviors, as shown in the child’s expressions in the image.
Undoubtedly, the visual is effective because it uses a normal child to express how violent media can change someone for the negative. Knives and guns could become normal, and children, with violent media, become immune to the harshness of killings and violence. The child in the image especially affects people because everyone at one point has been a child or a parent.
Hi Hana! Your blog post was very interesting and informative because you incorporated pictures. It was easy to read because you broke the text/response into smaller sections and used left alignment. Your analysis of the picture was very in-depth brought attention to topics that most viewers of the picture wouldn't notice. For example, you pointed out the shirt that says "Solider" and connected it to the idea that it makes the boy feel powerful and heroic. You also addressed the fact that despite the high level of violence the boy is participating in, he finds it to be normal because he is so used to playing violent video games. This can also impact his daily life because once he is constantly exposed to violent media, he could end up using violence in many child-like activities such as playing hide-and-seek. You did a great job of analyzing the whole image and mentioning every detail. I'm glad we have similar opinions on how violent media affects children. Great job!
ReplyDeleteAlso, since you only have one image, it would look nice if you aligned the image in the center of the post.
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