This picture pertaining to information overload is relating the experience of extracting information from the Internet and its comparison to a deluge of water that is overpowering. The visual catch of this medium is the bright yellow hydrant contrasted against the black background. The bright yellow color draws the observer’s attention and relates a sense of urgency or caution about this phenomenon. The clarification of the pictures meaning with the inclusion of a quote allows the reader to understand fully the meaning the creator was trying to convey. The picture also acts as a visual enhancement for the quote. The contrast used to emphasize the quote dually shows the progression of the idea starting at the bright yellow hydrant and bursting forth from it into the quote lending the observer to think possibly that it is the product of information overload. The inclusion of the fire hydrant as the main visual element and antagonist of the action allows the reader to relate to something that they understand very well the purpose of. Thus allowing, the rhetorical accomplishment of the idea that information overload is quite forceful and overwhelming much like water flowing from a hydrant. Overall, the rhetoric of the image and the quote accomplish the desired affect of passing onto the observer the creators opinion about information overload and its behavior.

I really liked this picture. It really displays how big of an issue information overload is. Although we may not realize it, information overload affects us all and it is impossible to take it all in, much like the water coming from the hydrant. Great job with the analysis too!
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