A poster was
released in New York City featuring a man with an amputated leg promoting
against growing fast food portion sizes. It was then found out that the man in
the photograph actually had his leg and that the photo was altered. This news
story was featured all of the country when it was found out that the photograph
was changed. It made major new on Yahoo! as well as other news media sites.
Read the article and answer one of the questions based off this article.
Choose at least one question to analyze:
1. What are
some benefits and consequences of using Photoshop and/or actors in advertising?
2. How does the
tone of the article persuade the reader?
3. How does
the author relate the photo with diabetes?
4. How does the
quotes help to build the main theme of the article?
5. How does
the use of color in the ad effect how viewers see and retain the information?
6. How do the
tone and the information of the article affect how viewers now see diabetes? Is
diabetes truly on the rise?