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       Social semiotics is a social theory that displays how something can be communicated in different modes, by using text and imagery to convey information. Michael Halliday and Gunther Kress developed tools for the analysis of the interrelation of power and language by providing their account of language as a social phenomenon (Gualberto & Kress, 2018). It is important because it describes how we see the world, the assumptions we make, and how we choose to communicate.      Understanding vertical and horizontal positioning is key in understanding the rules of social semiotics. When an image is positioned vertically, it is interpreted as saying that the top of the image represents ideals, aspirations, and what is imagined. The bottom, in contrast, represents what is known, reality and facts. In horizontal positioning, the left of the imagine shows known, given information while the right displays new facts and findings. The methodology also incl...

 For this week’s topic on online arguments, I chose the abortion debate on Reddit because I think it has a good mix of people who love arguing on the internet. Here’s the link:  https://www.reddit.com/r/Abortiondebate/   Of course, my POV in this post will be biased because I believe woman have the right to decide what they want to do with their bodies, as having a child is a life-changing course of events. Pregnancy and childbirth changes a woman’s body forever, and I’m not bound by religion or morals to care about when life begins. The entire argument seems very hypocritical to me because I believe the issue is control over women’s bodies, and that if we really cared about the lives of children we would focus more on improving the lives of existing ones.  This Reddit threat is a bit challenging because, obviously, it is all opinion-based so there’s not always going to be data to back it up. Making abortion illegal is obviously detrimental to women but the emotional...