"Visual literacy is a learned "reading" of images. Semiotics is the study of how the reading of signs and symbols together communicate complicated  ideas in the form of codes (Lester,2000). Just as a basic textual literacy uses vocabulary, metaphors, and genres, visual literacy employs colors, icons, and various media to communicate ideas and feelings to readers."

This is very interesting to me. I've always been the kind of person who looks deeper into things, not just take it as it seems. I think this is pretty fun to dive into the meanings of each object. It's like the old saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Taking a single picture can describe so many different things, and have multiple meanings. I liked the George Bush picture. At first glance, it just looks like he is standing somewhere in the white house in front of a general picture. When you look deeper into the picture, you find out it wasn't a random picture he just so happened to be standing by. He was by a picture of Theodore Roosevelt that was strategically placed behind him as he declared war.
 Another place where you see this a lot is on College Gameday, which is a college football and basketball show that is  live on ESPN that travels to campus' all over the country. Behind the set is a sea of college students cheering loudly for their respective teams and holding dozens of signs. To get their point across, some of the signs are simply a picture.

This picture shows Lee Corso making his pick for the winner of that days big game. For this game, he has chosen Texas to win. It looks like everyone is having a good time, people smiling and laughing and he is giving the "hook-em horn" sign.


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