Upon first glance of this image, the eyes are drawn toward a young, dark complexioned child lay swaddled in a stained diaper without a left leg. He is sprawled upon several dirty pieces of the remains of a blanket. Lying amongst the battered blanket, the child presents an expressionless look upon his face. It appears that he feels no pain. what happened to him had no effect, and it is an expression that hurts. Another focal point of the image is the crib. It resembles a hospital bed rather than a place of warmth and comfort. The grimy, damaged metal bars lack the feeling of protection needed from the outside world. Another noticeable image in the illustration is the several hands that are throwing a “thumbs up.” These hands relate to the underlying text written in white, “Liking isn’t helping,” resembling the “like” symbol on social media. Each “like” remains without a desire to help the poor child. The intended message of the illustration confronts the flaw in society referred to as “Facebook philanthropy.” The
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He expanded the use of ethos to offend the credibility of the audience, more specifically, users of social media. They believe that once a picture is liked, other people will notice, therefore, creating awareness. With the creation and use of the illustration, he played on this idea. With the visual, he turned the idea completely around making it impact the credibility of the users. Imagine this, everyone “shares” and “likes” the picture of a starving child in desperate need of help. As a result, all the users would become aware of the cause. However, just because people become aware of something does not mean they will take action.The creator defines the reputation of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram users as a group of people unwilling to take one step away from the world of social media to acknowledge that “Liking isn’t helping” and it never will
He expanded the use of ethos to offend the credibility of the audience, more specifically, users of social media. They believe that once a picture is liked, other people will notice, therefore, creating awareness. With the creation and use of the illustration, he played on this idea. With the visual, he turned the idea completely around making it impact the credibility of the users. Imagine this, everyone “shares” and “likes” the picture of a starving child in desperate need of help. As a result, all the users would become aware of the cause. However, just because people become aware of something does not mean they will take action.The creator defines the reputation of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram users as a group of people unwilling to take one step away from the world of social media to acknowledge that “Liking isn’t helping” and it never will