Images and Ideology

I believe the image icon is connected to ideology by the strength and siginfanance of the image that is portrayed. Ideologies represents systems of beliefs that exist with in all cultures. Images helps generate belief and confidence towards a specific ideology.

I also found a few interesting paragraphs on page 24 and 25. They talked about portrait images and how they're used for personal indentification purposes. When you think about it passports, driver licenses, credit cards are just a few examples on how our government tracks us. The surveillance cameras are installed in public places such as banks, stores, and even at street corners. I understand that we have to keep our citizens safe, but our privacy is at risk at well.

Page 25 the book mentioned the O.J. Simpson 1994 arrest for the alleged murder. Simpson's image as a public figure has always been viewed as positive until this incident. He was in sports media, advertising, and celebrity news as well. Once that arrest happen and his mugshot photo was on Time magazine as well as other magazines covers, people opinions changed instantly. This goes to show you how much a image can persuade people judgements and opinions towards a individual. Even with a iconic figure such as O.J. Simpson.