Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Genetically Engineered Persuasion (Post 5)

Different types of printed media convey similar messages in different ways. The two types in question here are advertisements and satire. They both convey the same message and are presenting the same side of the argument (or are they?). They both persuade to the reader that genetically modified foods are bad, and should be labeled as such. However, to play devil's advocate for a second, the parody segment shows a starving person who would be happy to eat anything, and a morbidly corpulent environmentalist saying that the starving person should not eat the genetically modified food, just because it is just that. The irony here, is that while the comic is literally saying that genetically modified foods are bad, it is at the same time showing the benefits of having genetically modified foods (more food for the hungry). This shows an excellent example of an implicit argument.

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