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Analyzing Visual Arguments Visual arguments use images to engage viewers and persuade them to accept a particular idea or point of view. Advertisements are only one type of visual argument. Any argument, visual or verbal, contains 3 main elements: –Claims –Evidence –Assumptions

Verbal Claims vs. Contextual Claims A sign or wording in a photograph makes a claim. However, the claim made by the photograph itself may be more complex. Thus, you need to consider a visual claim in context. Think critically about the image and the claims it may be making. Image claims often require interpretation and analysis. And those interpretations and analyses are often subjective.

Testing Claims Claims are declarative statements that are either true or false, but not both. An argument is a series of claims one of which is the conclusion or proposition you are using as the main thrust of your argument. In written argument, the proposition is usually stated explicitly as a thesis statement or research hypothesis. However, in visual arguments, the central claim and subclaims are often implicit.

Weighing Evidence Visual arguments use several types of evidence to support their claims. Again, the evidence may be implicit or explicit. They may use facts, examples, expert opinions, and appeals to beliefs or needs to support their claim/s.

Analyzing Visual Arguments How does the design of the visual enhance or hinder the argument? What emotional appeals does the argument elicit, and how? What ethical appeals make the visual argument credible? Does it call on any authorities or symbols to establish character or credibility? How does the visual argument make logical appeals? Do words and images work together to create a logical cause- effect relationship? How are any examples used? What claim/s does the visual argument make? What reasons are attached to the claim, and how well are they supported by evidence? What assumptions/s underlie the claim and the reasons?

Visual analysis is ego-driven. The analysis reveals the person making the analysis—not really the photo itself. You analysis is your own reaction to the photo. What people and/or objects are show? How are they arranged? What is the physical setting? What other details can you see? What’s going on in the photo? Who are the people and what are they doing? What might be the function of the surroundings?

Remember: Always evaluate visual evidence critically. Analyze the visual argument carefully, and ask yourself if the evidence is both accurate and adequate. Visual information can be distorted or manipulated just as words can. Make sure the visual evidence is fair, precise, and credible before using it as a basis for argumentation.

There are strategies of visual rhetoric that you can employ in academic, professional, and civic settings. Visual literacy is essential to becoming a savvy consumer, and cultural critic. Various camera techniques, including distance from subject, orientation to image, eye gaze, and point of view influence the effects the image will have upon the viewer. The settings, furnishings, and props in an image carry significant social meanings, and often create stories that carry both obvious and subtle messages. Advertisers target specific audiences and then use a variety of strategies, many of them, visual, to move the hearts and minds of their target audience.