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Critical Thinking - Viewing
Critical Thinking through Viewing
Images are created to communicateMost are created to communicate
quicklyAdvertisements, signs, etc.
Others require contemplationMona Lisa
Critical Thinking through Viewing
It is important to actively view imagesSurvey image
See image as a wholeLook at focal point (your eye will be drawn to
this)Consider relationship between foreground &
background, the content, & colorsInspect image
See every part of imageHints can be anywhere (tiny details and/or
image parts)
Critical Thinking through Viewing
It is important to actively view imagesQuestion Image (think about each part of
image)Sender (creator, why was it created)Message (subject, purpose)Medium (originally shown form; current form)Receiver (intended viewer, why you are
viewing)Context (first appear, appears now, relation to
context)
Critical Thinking through Viewing
It is important to actively view imagesUnderstand purpose (what is image meant to do)
Arouse curiosity (open imagination, stay on guard)Entertain (pleasure or joke, be wary of excess or
questionable material)Inform or educate (key instruction, note omitted
material)Illustrate (relate to words/concept illustrated, clarify or
distort)Persuade (appeal to viewer needs, manipulative,
clichéd, fallacious, play on emotion)Summarize (essential message, main idea correspond
with what is written)
Critical Thinking through Viewing
Chris Krenzke, published in school writing handbook, aimed at teaching specific word usage by entertaining (survey, inspect, question, relate)
Critical Thinking through Viewing
Interpret imageImmediately follows viewingDetermine what image is designed to
do, say or showRequires deeper thought about each
element along with complications
Critical Thinking through Viewing
Interpret imageSender (who created it & why)
May be unknown or a groupMessage (subject, how portrayed, main purpose)
May be mixed, implied, ironic, unwelcome, distorted messageMay be vague, unfamiliar, complex, disturbing subject
Medium (what is image)May be unusual, unfamiliar, multiple
Receiver (who it was created for, relationship to sender, agree with message, comfort, overall response)May be uninteresting, unfamiliar, or stem bias
Context (first presented, currently, fit or fight)May be disconnected, ironic, changing, multilayered
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Interpret image Bazuki Muhammad-
photographer Thais release candle balloons
during a mass for victims of Indian Ocean tsunami to remember those who died, but move forward with hope
Digital photograph Intended viewer: anyone Current viewer:
students/instructors Part of series provided for
global newspapers
Critical Thinking through Viewing
Evaluate ImageAssess quality, truthfulness, & valueConsider purpose
Ornamentation (pleasing to eye)Illustration (supports text)Revelation (inside look or new data)Explanation (clarify a complex subject)Instruction (guides through complex process)Persuasion (influences feelings or beliefs)Entertainment (amusement)
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Evaluate ImageEvaluate quality (how good it is)
Prepared with skillMeasure up to standardsCompare to other images like itShortcomings (gaps, twists, clichéd or fallacious)Better way to approach subject (improvements)
Determine value (tangible & intangible worth)Worth viewing (enriching or enhancing)Visual appeal
Critical Thinking through Viewing
Evaluate ImagePurpose?Quality?Value?
View, Interpret, & Evaluate Images
REMEMBER SENDER, MESSAGE, MEDIUM, RECEIVER, CONTEXT
DISCUSS HOW EACH PHOTO IMPACTS YOU AND SOCIETY