Task1
500 words
Due date: 1 March 2023 BEFORE 4:00pm GMT
During week 3 we discussed how we see, visualise and make sense of the world,
using photographs. For this assessment, you will have an opportunity to reflect on
this problem. You will use memes (that you will find, create or select) to help
structure your analysis.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Find a meme on the Internet, create one yourself or analyse one of the two memes
provided for you. Using your meme, and drawing on some ideas from John Berger
about how we see the world, explain in 500 words how this meme represents a
particular current issue, phenomenon or event. PLEASE INCLUDE THE ACTUAL MEME
YOU ARE ANALYSING IN YOUR SUBMISSION, SO THAT THE EXAMINERS KNOW WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT!
If you don’t want to find a meme of your own or make one, you can use one of these
two:
https://twitter.com/theMemesBot/status/1473627254941011981/photo/1
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/158326-ancient-aliens

Task2
500 words
Due date: 1 March 2023 BEFORE 4:00pm GMT
INSTRUCTIONS
Select one of these data visualisations:
1. The Billion Dollar O Gram:
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-billion-dollar-gram/
2. The Rhythm of Food (top image):
https://truth-and-beauty.net/projects/the-rhythm-of-food
3. The Varieties of Intimate Relationships:
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-varieties-of-intimate-
relationship/
Drawing on Kosminsky et al.’s article (Week 5), critically analyse this visualisation in
500 words. (Explain how it is constructed, how connections between various data
points are being made, and what visual style is used to convey the message.
Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of presenting information in this
way.)

Make sure you provide a link to the visualisation you are analysing in your essay, so
that the examiner knows and can check what you are analysing!