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Mitt Romney vs. Big Bird: When Enthymemes Attack
Image Source: UnknownIn last week's debate, one of the more memorable moments was Mitt Romney's vow to cut off government funding to public television despite his appreciation of both Big Bird and Jim...
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Seeking a Universal Language of Symbols: The Noun Project's Crowd-sourced...
Image Credit: UNOCHAHow can you quickly communicate concrete concepts to an audience that includes speakers of many languages and those who can't read? The Noun Project sees an answer in symbols, and...
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Selling Beer and Selling Democracy: American Bald Eagle Logos Today and...
Image Credit: Commission on Presidential DebatesDespite its vaguely governmental-sounding name, the Commission on Presidential Debates is a private, non-profit corporation funded by a handful of...
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Secret Ballot, Public Voting: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Persuasion of the...
Image Credit: Kevin LauThe image above of feline Lefty sporting an "I Voted" sticker is not, as some activists might worry, evidence of voter fraud. Rest assured, cats and other domestic animals are...
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The Secret History of Lines
Image Credit: Colin StearnsWith 24 hours to go, media outlets projecting the outcome of election day are covered in geographical maps of states and counties painted starkly in red and blue. I’ve...
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Negotiating Modesty: Reading Mormon Fashion Blogs as Visual Rhetoric
Image Source: Clothed MuchFashion blogs have proliferated the internet since its inception; the rhetoric of the genre is as multifaceted as its participants, most of whom are women. Daily fashion...
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We Have Sold The Future: The Uses of Future Hopes and Fears in Petroleum...
Image Credit: ShellThe future of Norman Bel Geddes' Futurama is optimistic. Clean architecture and efficient technology aid people as they move through the business of their day. As promised in a...
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Visualizing the War on Christmas: Acknowledging the Pre-Christian Origins of...
Image Credit: Fox NewsEvery holiday season conservative political activists trying to maintain Christian supremacy in the United States bemoan an alleged "War On Christmas." According to their...
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Remediation, New Media, and “Lorem Ipsum" as Censorship of Transparency
Image Credit: Per Erik Strandberg“Lorem ipsum” has been recognized by publishers and graphic designers throughout the 20th century as the industry standard text by which to mock up text layout, thanks...
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Rhetorical Collusion
Image Credit: Screencapture of graph created by the Collusion for Mozilla add-in.I'd speculate that every instructor is familiar with the feeling that comes with anticipation and apprehension battling...
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Documentation of Loss – Observing Failure in the Modern Olympics
Olympic fencer Shin A-Lam of South Korea remains in the arena to contest an unfavorable ruling without the expected stoicism. Image credit: Korea BangWhat does it mean to document loss? What is its...
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Beyonce's ***Flawless Feminism
Image Credit: Screenshot from "***Flawless" videoI’m so glad to be back on viz again after some time away, especially as having to write posts again gives me the chance to discuss Beyoncé Knowles’s...
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Casino's Law: Defending American Liberties in Personal Injury Attorney...
Image Credit: Screenshot from VimeoThe Super Bowl, with an audience of 111.5 million people, tends to be a place where the definition of “American” is equally invoked and contested. Not only do the...
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The Austin Zen Center's Garden as a Model for Austin
(Image Credit: Jay Voss)Nothing sums up the best of Austin’s landscape gardening tastes like the garden at the Austin Zen Center. Located on West 31st Street between Guadalupe and Lamar, the Austin Zen...
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Meat is Couture? - Lady Gaga's Meaty Message
Image Credit: Lady Gaga at the VMAs, Designer Franc FernandezI realize that I may be a bit behind the times to be addressing (ha!) Lady Gaga's fashion stunt of last fall, but meat's been on my mind...
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Cairo and Perspective
Lefteris Pitarakis Via New York TimesSince protests began one week ago across Egypt, the media has published many photographs of iconoclasm against images of President Mubarak, or images depicting the...
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BagNewsNotes Salon: Photos from Egypt
Flyer by BagNewsNotesWe wanted to share news about an international webinar hosted by BagNewsNotes forthcoming Sunday March 20th at 12 noon CST. You can register ahead of time for this important...
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Disaster Pedagogy
Red Teardrop, via Anota bien.My class, Rhetoric of Tragedy, is based on the idea that the events we normally label “tragic” are always points of contestation. The right way to remember, what we should...
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Reboot: Bodies of Evidence by Emily Bloom
Image Credit: The Museum of Fat LoveH/T: Layne CraigAmidst massive media coverage of the “obesity epidemic,” visual arguments have emerged online that challenge the terms of the current debate. One...
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Sol Lewitt, #StankyLegg, and the Publics for Conceptual Art
Evans Dances Baldessari Sings Lewitt Via UICCan the Stanky Legg bring new publics to conceptual art? Perhaps this is arguable. But why don't you make up your own mind about it whileChaz Evans shakes a...
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