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