Hmmm. Doesn't look very coincidental. Tackily appropriate? Offensively on-topic? [looking at photo and furrowing brow]
Yeah, there are a thousand other photos that would've been better picks for the article. A not-so-subtle reminder of how every image we see in mass media is put together with the notion that we'll see/read it and get the idea that its creators wanted us to get.
Thanks for the link, CC--it'll make great discussion material for my students.
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It does seem pretty "tongue in cheek".
Here is a headline that might also make one wonder.
Hmmm. Doesn't look very coincidental. Tackily appropriate? Offensively on-topic? [looking at photo and furrowing brow]
Yeah, there are a thousand other photos that would've been better picks for the article. A not-so-subtle reminder of how every image we see in mass media is put together with the notion that we'll see/read it and get the idea that its creators wanted us to get.
Thanks for the link, CC--it'll make great discussion material for my students.
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