RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SYRACUSE

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SYRACUSE

Images make arguments—sometimes explicitly but more often than not implicitly as well. And it’s not simply the

decisions made by photographers, advertisers, etc. that shape the way that arguments and communities are understood; the social, political, cultural, and historical contexts in which those arguments are produced and consumed also influence the way we make meaning of those images and arguments.

 

practice looking at visual texts and considering them in relation to our shared readings and your own research, with the goal of understanding these representations in new ways. We’ll raise questions and make analytical claims about the implications of those images and representations of the Syracuse campus and community, exploring the intentional and unintentional consequences those images have for their respective audiences and the society at large.