Take a look at the picture to the right. This picture comes from Bill Mullin’s Weblog where he talks about the different layers of internet safety. Mullin discusses how “predators are intent on stealing your money and personal information, installing damaging programs on your computer, or misleading you with and online scam.”
At first glance at the graphic, you already get a sense that something evil occurring. The artist created this evil sense by drawing your attention towards the male figure. The man is depicted wearing a black and white long sleeved shirt and black pants, which are generally used to symbolize a robber. The dark black mask that covers his eyes adds to this robber feel, and in my opinion, highlights the idea of identity. He has a mischievously evil facial expression that one sees in movies when a robber or con artist are successfully taking advantage of a person or stealing from them.
The man, whom from now on I will call the robber, is coming out of a computer holding a remote control. The computer is without a label to show how any computer is subject to threats involved with using the internet. The remote control stands out from his striped dark clothes. I believe this accented feel of the control is to resemble some of the manipulation we face through online scams and unwanted Trojan horses that get downloaded into our computers if we accidentally open up a wrong file.
Overall, I believe this picture was meant to use pathos to get us upset about all of the unwanted problems we face everyday when we use the internet. I also think that the artist might of tried using logos to get us to see the logic behind how we can be manipulated and to promote internet safety. Do you agree?
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