The Salvation Army made this ad to encourage people to donate their old clothing to those who cannot afford to buy brand new clothing each year. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, poverty was an issue for 14.5% of the…
This image strongly articulates the dangers of smoking. The audience of this advertisement is smokers. The artist satirically warns them of the danger of smoking by commenting on its addictiveness, when the picture is portraying much worse danger. The text is…
The blog assignment for this week will help to prepare you to think about visual arguments, which we’ll be talking about in class on 9/23. 1) Find a visual argument about a public issue. It could include text, but it…
I first had the idea to research homeless veterans over dinner with my mom, where we discussed what she was up to at work. She works for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development in Pittsburgh, and she told me about…
Since my goal is to promote awareness for the Pitt Panthers Pummel Polluters (the name is a work in progress), I decided to further research how local websites promoted themselves to reach the residents of Pittsburgh. Because my I first…
While researching my topic and planning a future website, I have come across issues narrowing my topic. Body issues in the media is a vast subject. Perceptions of the body are portrayed in various ways across multiple channels in the media….
I chose to research the current Ebola outbreak. The reason I decided to pursue this topic is for the lack of attention to it from a local level. I have been following the epidemic for a few months and have…
Narrowing my focus to one facet of animal rights has proven to be very difficult. There are so many different issues to tackle within this one topic that I don’t know which subsection I should concentrate on. Because of this…
I have been further researching issues related to hyper- and hypothyroid diseases. I have found numerous resources including a woman with whom my mother has become friends. She had thyroid cancer but is extremely knowledgeable about the different tests which…
The research I did was on the college tuition crisis. I argued that college tuition is way to expensive and the majority of students will guaranteed be in debt. These days to have a successful career means that you must have…
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