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Interpreting Images: Emotional Responses and Themes of the Day

This analysis delves into 39 distinct images grouped into 3 clusters, highlighting symbols like soccer players and a man aiming a gun. The study further explores the emotional impact of the images, categorizing them into positive, neutral, and negative responses. The research suggests a need for clarity in associating certain images with the negative category. Clustering words reveals dominant themes such as technology, US politics, economics, and international conflict. Unclear words like "Al" and "Plan" prompt further investigation, while the overarching themes of the day revolve around negative stories related to international conflict, US politics, and the economy. The study raises questions about representing these themes through different text forms and comparing them to a similar day in 2009.

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Interpreting Images: Emotional Responses and Themes of the Day

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  1. September 26th, 2009 An interpretation of 10 X 10 words and images

  2. Image Identification Summary • 39 distinct images • 3 clusters • Soccer players – 2 • Man aiming gun – 2 • Man – 5 (could have researched to identify) • Highest number of repeats – George Bush – 13 • Most visually noticeable images • 25 & 52 - Police crest – white space • 71 – Chinese astronauts – background colour • 33 – Bin Laden – appeared to lay over 23 – connected to image in that frame

  3. Deriving Meaning from Images • 3 main categories, based on the emotional response each image prompted • 15 positive – celebration and recreation • 36 neutral – includes 13 of Bush, 5 different men, 6 of people at work • 37 negative – tragic circumstances or depictions of their consequences • Several neutral images, after some research, could be more clearly associated with the negative category

  4. The Neutral Images • Satellite • ID card • Cell phone/IPod • Menu on fence • Inhaler • Shaking hands • Book • Magnified image • Farm labourer • Factory • Pakistani man thinking • London police crest • Convoy in desert • 5 different men • UN politician • Bush • Construction workers • Urban construction Any thoughts?

  5. Clustering the Words • 9 technology • 8 US politics • 12 economics • 19 international conflict • 4 lighter • 4 single story • 12/13 countries (most connected to international conflict) • 32 unclassified

  6. More Research Needed? • Many unclear or unknown words • Investigated 3: • Kauhajoki– a place in Finland where there was a school shooting • Bernanke – Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve • BN – could be Braniff International Airways, Business Networks Inc., or Barnes and Nobel • Connection between words and pictures? • man – Taylor • graduate – singer • man aiming gun – pictures

  7. Unclassified Words • Al • Plan • Bail • East • Machine • Un • Turn • Trial • Laws • South • York • Low • Law • Story • City • Taylor • Pictures • Plant • Drugs • Serious • Role • Sun • Spokesman • Accused • Wall • Leaders • Rice • October • Capital • Leader • North • Requires

  8. Overriding Themes of the Day • More negative than positive stories • 3 main areas: • International conflict • US politics • The economy • Two more questions: • How to represent this through other text forms? • How does this compare to the same day in 2009?

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