Visual Rhetoric Manipulation

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Visual rhetoric is simply a manipulation of ideas that are received visually. The manipulation does give it a negative connotation. We don't like to think that we have been manipulated. I would like to present to you the idea that everything we do is a manipulation, and visual rhetoric is merely a form of persuasion, and intent is the crucial consideration. Visual rhetoric has multiple applications in our daily lives. Judgments are often based upon what we see before any words are spoken, our first impression. I would actually implore you to consider not only how visual rhetoric is used to influence you, but learn to use it to influence others. The psychology of visual rhetoric is complicated. All that we see can be manipulated to

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