You were asked to submit a headshot image of yourself. Reflect on the image you chose to send and explain your decision-making process. This reflection should connect personal choice with rhetorical strategy, showing how your image communicates identity, credibility, and intentionality.
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S1. Introduction
You were asked to submit a headshot image of yourself. Now, you will create a short video reflection explaining your decision-making process. Your video should connect your personal choice with rhetorical strategy, showing how your image communicates identity, credibility, and intentionality.
Prompt (Answer in Your Video):
In your video reflection, respond to the following questions:
- How does your choice connect to rhetorical models or theories we have discussed in class or that you have researched? Be sure to use citations from your Mbongi assignment to support your explanation.
2. Why did you choose this particular image (or images) over the others you had available?
3. What was your process in selecting the image? (Consider things like background, clothing, lighting, expression, audience expectations, or personal comfort.)
Guidelines:
Video length: 3–5 minutes
Include on-screen or spoken references to at least two rhetorical models or theories (must come from differentMbongi lists).
Use the citations you included in your Mbongi assignment (say them out loud in APA format or display them in text on-screen).
You may use slides, captions, or overlays in your video, but your voice and presence must guide the reflection.
Why?
The goal of this assignment is to help you understand how even small choices—like selecting a headshot—are rhetorical. Every decision you make about how you present yourself communicates something to your audience. By analyzing your process and connecting it to rhetorical theories, you will see how concepts like ethos, audience awareness, and visual rhetoric apply directly to your personal and professional life. This assignment also reinforces academic practices by requiring proper citation use, even in a creative video format.
Reminders:
Upload your video to YouTube and submit the link on Blackboard. Make sure your video is at least 10 minutes long and addresses each prompt fully.
Videos that require special permissions or access restrictions will result in an automatic 0.
All videos must be uploaded to YouTube.
You will submit the YouTube link to the video via Blackboard.
Important Notes:
The YouTube video must be uploaded before the assignment due date. If the video upload date is after the due date, it will result in an automatic 0.
Links that do not work or do not lead to the appropriate video will result in an automatic 0.
Videos that are taken down before the end of the semester (March 10) will result in an automatic 0.
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