Reading Words and Images.

In today's lecture we were looking at the relationship between words and pictures in making up entire images, such as in comics, or news reports. It was very interesting to learn about how the words attached to an image can entirely falsify and change the true context, and the extent to which the truth can be altered. It reminded me a lot of a psychological study I researched at A Levels, involving the words describing a car crash from a video impacting the speed estimate of the cars given by the test subjects.
       Specifically when looking at 'The Treachery of Images' by René Magritte, we could see the interaction displayed between semiotics, and how words and images play into such semiotics.

Additional key information is the definition of intertextuality:

Intertextuality - the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other. It is sometimes mistaken for plagiarism.

We were also tasked with drawing the image of the pipe, however, I was confused so also drew a picture of the news reporter slide that was left on the screen during our break. When I realised my mistake, I added clown features to match how I felt.