Ten videos that discuss visual language in a world of media politics. Whether in political parody, or off-handed yet premeditated comments, slanderous visual discourse continues on its merry way.  Nothing is new.

Slander is often presented visually in forms like this TV advertisement comparing gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos, the Michigan son of Amway, to George Bush - or from John Spenser images that claim Hillary Clinton spent thousands of dollars on plastic surgery.  Whatever, this is the silly season once more.

None of this is inflammatory discourse is new, or exclusive to the United States. Slander, in all its forms, knows no boundaries.  For instance, Russian President Putin “jokes” about rape and Israel’s president, while in Canada, the Liberal government calls an opposition leader “chicken cacciatore”. Will we ever move beyond this stuff?  No.  But, Media Literacy is one way the viewing public can help decipher the swirling visual slander, on all fronts, seen in the media every day.

Consider visual literacy and grow better media communication.