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  1. Apr 2018
    1. “I knew something went horribly wrong,” Charlene McCarthy told WFLA. McCarthy owns VisCom, a company that regularly provides interpreters for the county. “It was horribly unnerving for me to watch that, knowing I could provide a qualified, certified interpreter,” she fumed. Greene’s family told WFLA he was just doing what the county asked of him. “He can’t expect to communicate something he doesn’t know,” Greene’s father told the station.

      Short paragraphs are an example of the spatial mode of communication, as it allows us to see the conversation go back and forth.

    2. Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma

      the article starts of with a video, a form of aural and visual communication.

    3. An amateur interpreter for the deaf was tapped at the last minute to provide sign language during a press conference

      Sign language is a gestural form of communication according to Arola's text, however it seems the whole article revolves around a mistake in the form of communication... interesting.

    1. There are many modes, and when used together you can make a stronger point in your communication.

    2. In "Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma", the information is portrayed in visual mode at first. The video is shown as proof of what occurred to give background information before further explaining what occurred after and why, this is an example of spatial mode. The sign language in the video are a form of gestural modes. And the whole article refers to how a mode of communication was not clear, and how it made life threatning effects.

    3. a newspaper will use a picture to support their argument, where as an online article may use a video to convey their truth.

    4. This is even more crucial to the deaf community as sign language is the source of communication. "Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma" argues that this form of communication lacked clarity in the irma warnings.

    5. The secondary text I read, "Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma", seems to have organized the text with a video at first. perhaps the video was put in place for the readers to gain knowledge of what occurred before hearing opinions on it.

    6. a picture speaks a 1000 words is a common saying, its interesting to see what specific characteristics of a picture will convey our message the best. color is an important one for sure.

    7. seems like we are surrounded by multimodal projects, maybe because we as humans get bored easily from just reading information in plain long lines of text.

    8. This picture breaks down multimodal projects, by showing all the modes which may be used. This is important information simplified. It also brings up modes which we may not have thought of.

    9. Since the deaf community is not able to hear, sign language is a primary source of communication. The article "Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma" , argues that the deaf community was not able to receive proper instructions before hurricane irma. In this case the article argues this with a video of the announcement, which is a visual mode of communication. making the overall article multimodal.

    10. The article "Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma", is a form of multimodal text as the video and voice of the announcer support the words and statements given in the article. The article primarily describes the events of the meet and it's aftermath, while the video acts as direct support for the author's argument.

  2. Jan 2018
    1. PROWNIAN ANALYSISDescription→Deduction->Speculation->Research->Interpretive Analysis

      The prownian analysis is a process that will take the description of an object and over all the steps will make a analyzed relation to how it related to the culture and time.

    1. ice President Hubert Humphrey and his running mate, Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, with their wives shown at the final session Democratic Convention in Chicago following their nominations for president and vice president, on August 29, 1968. # AP Read more

      You can see a common thread of all these pictures having to do with government and law in one way or another.

    2. busboy Juan Romero tries to comfort him in kitchen in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 1968

      This is so sweet, seems like he was one of the only people who actually attending to the president.

    3. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is surrounded by hundreds of people as he leans down to shake hands during a presidential campaign appearance at a street corner in central Philadelphia on April 2, 1968. Kennedy had declared his candidacy for the presidency of the United States only weeks earlier, on March 16

      You can see how popular he is amongst the American Public even before being officially elected, everyone looks excited !

    4. A street scene from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Grant St. at 5th Ave. on August 24, 1968.

      This doesn't look too different from today's downtown Atlanta.

    5. The Beatles pose together on February 28, 1968. From left are Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. This was the year they released the White Album. #

      This is such a cool picture, that I'm sure went on to symbolize them for quite a while! They were a great band.

    6. Original caption: Dr. Timothy Leary holds a conference in New York City on February 21, 1968. The LSD advocate said he is tuning in with peaceniks and “Yippies” and hopes to have a million young people in Chicago during the Democratic Party’s convention in August. He said he hopes they will disrupt the convention through “Flower Guerrilla” warfare. At left is Abbie Hoffman, who said he is an organizer and at right is Jerry Rubin, peace movement worker. #

      You can see the Indian influence of Ghandi and the concept of Ahimsa, as Dr. Thimothy is wearing the traditional Indian attire of a kurta. I wonder where he got his ideas from ?

    7. The American trio was backed by the West German Rolf Hans Mueller big band and was celebrated with thundering applause. #

      It's great that in a time of such discrimination these women are able to freely enjoy their careers. However you can see the various expressions of the audience. Some don't care to pay attention while others are clapping and smiling along.

    8. "Clothing for the Emancipated Man."

      "Clothing for the Emancipated Man", was clearly referring to men who had broken from societies norms. Maybe this was about men who supported gender equality. It seems to be demeaning them by making them look, less manly?