1. DECODING THE WORLD EVERY DAY WE PROCESS MILLIONS OF TINY PIECES OF INFORMATION VISUALLY. TODAY, WE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION. YOU PROJECT INFORMATION AS WELL TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR APPEARANCE IS TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT YOU?

2. 1.This advertisement presents us with two very different images of Lebron James? What are they? How do we know? 2.How does clothing play a role in the way Lebron is portrayed? 3.What is Nike’s purpose in portraying Lebron this way? 4.What is Lebron’s purpose in allowing himself to be portrayed this way? 5.How would this ad be different if Lebron was in, say, a pink tutu?

3. 1.What do the various colors tell you about the girls? 2.What do their skirts say about them? Shoes? Hair styles? Makeup? 3.How does Lindsey Lohan’s outfit differentiate her from the other girls? What does her outfit say to us about her/ 4.How are their facial expressions different/same? What do those tell us about these girls? 5.What does their posture tell us? 6.What is the purpose of this photo? What is it telling us about this movie? 7.Is there a mean girl besides Lindsey Lohan that is different? How?

4. 1.These are two very different pictures of Queen Latifah. Explain how she is portrayed in each one. 2.What is the purpose of her appearance in each photo? How does that contribute to how she is portrayed? 3.What are each of the photos telling us about her, about life, or about the world? 4. Do any of her features look different between the two photos? Which ones? What possible explanation is for this?

5. 1.How do the photographs differ in their depiction of Shakira? 2.How is Shakira made to look softer in the photograph on the left? Darker on the right? 3.What contributes to the added “sexiness” of the photograph on the right? 4.What are some possible reasons for these two very different depictions? 5.Who are the audiences for the respective magazines? One of these pictures is a photo in an article about Shakira in a women’s magazine and the other is the cover of a popular music magazine

6. 1.Lil Wayne has a very distinctive image. Discuss some things on him physically in this photo that say something about him and tell me what they are. 2.Why is this picture set with him in front of the city? 3.What could the light represent? 4.What could the birds signify in this art? 5.What does Lil Wayne’s posture and facial expression say about him?

7. This is an ad for Peta an organization that fights for animal rights including discouraging people from wearing real animal fur. 1.How do his clothes, hair, and overall appearance personify him here? 2.Why does he carry a dog? What could be the significance of this particular type of dog? What does the type of dog say about him? Why does he hold it the way he does? 3.Why does he wear this particular facial expression? 4.What is the purpose of the ad?