WK4 VISUAL LANGUAGE SYNTAX

from economist.com

• Photograph of a crowd, protestors
• emotions: not too angry, maybe frustrated, assertive
• mostly African-American
• One AA-man holding up purple sign "Against Job Loss"
• a strike
• a walk out
• a riot
• a purple bar graph on the left side of photo to match with purple sign
• white font most prominent
• "unemployment rate in selected countries"
• South Africa highest unemployment rate, <20%
• Denmark lowest unemployment rate, ~3-4%
• photo assumed to be from South Africa
• A photograph of an angry crowd with signs usually mean sign of protest

This image shows a photograph of a protest against unemployment. This can be inferred because of the representation of a large angry crowd, mostly African-American, focused on a man holding a purple sign with big, white lettering: "AGAINST JOB LOSS". There is a purple bar graph (to match the purple sign on focus and to see it more prominently) on the left side of the photograph with a left-to-right black gradient indicating the percentages of unemployment rates in selected countries. The country with the most unemployment is South Africa, with more than twenty percent. The lowest are Denmark and South Korea, with three to four percent. By looking at the graph, it can be assumed that the photograph was a protest against unemployment in South Africa, where it is most prominent.This image is probably used for a news website in order to convey and compare the rates of unemployment around the world and the impact it may have.