Sunday, August 28, 2011

Rhetorical Analysis over Facebook Cartoon

I chose to do my analysis on this image, simply because I am very interested in this subject. I think this is a cartoon that we should all take seriously, considering it is about our private lives. Another reason I chose this image is because it really caught my eye. There have been many complaints about how the privacy matter of Facebook should be taken care of. Some say that they don't want everything to be read by everyone, and that is why they set their Facebook page to private, but it's not private to the CEO and founder of Facebook. They can see every comment you make, every word you post, and even every picture you upload. I personally think that this is unfair to the users of Facebook. I think this particular image gives us a sense of humor as well as of seriousness. I think it is funny how the CEO can tell things about someone just by their Facebook page, but I think this is a serious matter as far as our own personal privacy goes. This image subjects a very well-known matter, and I think that was one of the main things I looked for when choosing my image. I knew if I chose an image that is going to portray something that is popular, I would grab my audience's attention. Not only would I grab my audience's attention because of how popular Facebook is, but I would grab their attention by them wanting to know what my image was about and what the story was behind it.