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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

CENSORED


Process Analysis

Claim: China's censorship laws deprive the people of their rights, they present a danger of more controls in the future, and there needs to be change

Warrants: I am assuming that censorship is bad. I also assume that the people of china value a freedom of expression.

Audience: I am targeting those who are unaware of the current censorship in China. My second target are those who agree that censorship is bad, and that there needs to be change. 

Purpose: to inform the viewer of the degree of censorship in china and to persuade them to take an action .


Music: I chose the song "Uprising" by Muse. This song is about not letting the government oppress its citizens and it also makes a call to action. The song has a powerful beat and will evoke emotion from the audience. The intent is to get the audience a little riled up at the censorship so they will be more likely to act. The audience needs to feel passion about something or they will be left unchanged. The lyrics can be found here http://www.musewiki.org/Uprising_(song). I will add the key lyrics next to the pictures they play with. 




 These first two images tell the audience what to expect. The picture of China gives the setting, and the censored picture gives the topic. I chose this specific photo of censorship because it was on a Chinese flag, and a film strip. The Chinese flag reinforces where the censorship is taking place. The film strip shows that I have narrowed my focus to censorship in the media. The color of the flag also grabs the audience's attention right away. It has a very strong 

Music: During the first few pictures, the lyrics explain a world in chaos where the government is paranoid and they are trying to prevent the people from knowing the truth. This is censorship.


"Paranoia is in bloom,
The PR transmissions will resume They'll try to, push drugs that keep us all dumbed down And hope that, we will never see the truth around"

I chose these next two political cartoons to set up the crossed out websites that follow. These explicitly show the government monitoring and blocking the internet. Their overexertion makes it easy for the audience to understand what is being said. 






These next five pictures show popular social network/news websites that have been blocked in china. The bold red circles catch the audiences eye and portray a sense of importance. I used repetition of crossed out websites in order to show the magnitude of the censorship. 


Music: The music has important lyrics for these pictures too. "And endless, red tape to keep the truth confined". These photos show that red tape that has banned social networking sites, and prevents the people from easily spreading truths and information.
 





The next political cartoons help to emphasize the power and magnitude of the Chinese internet censorship. It is sometimes referred to as The Great Firewall of China. 

At this point I added dialogue that says "How far will it go?" After the dialogue the pictures become darker. The purpose of this is to show the audience the dangers and invasion of rights that censorship poses. The man with his eyes and mouth covered portrays the dehumanizing affects of censorship, and the invasion of the right to express one's self. 





Music: Here the lyrics talk about the government controlling the minds of the people. "Interchanging mind control" This relates to censorship, because the ultimate goal of censorship is to control what the people see, and ultimately think. 















This is where I shift to persuade the audience to take an action. I have a slide that says "It's time to change".  After showing the extent, invasion of privacy, and danger of censorship in china, I move to a solution. The fist represents taking a stand. The man climbing over the wall represents overcoming The Great Firewall of China's censorship. The man with the sledge hammer represents a leader taking up the cause. These images are powerful, and are meant to stir the audience deep down.


Music: At this point the song has also shifted to a call to action. 


        "Rise up and take the power back,
It's time the fat cats had a heart attack, You know that their time's coming to an end,  We have to unify and watch our flag ascend."
This creates a powerful final emotion in the audience because 
"Rise up and take the power back" plays right as the image of the fist is shown. And then "We have to unify and watch our flag ascend" plays as the man holding the sledge hammer stands strong. This powerful emotion is what the audience needs to be influenced to take a stand and work for change.







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