Visual Rhetoric in a Culture of Fear: Impediments to Multimedia Production

Abstract

On the left is a photograph: an ordinary image of an ordinary adhesive that took on a new, unexpected meaning after February 11, 2003. On this date, Tom Ridge, then Secretary of Homeland Security, advised Americans to prepare themselves for po tential attacks of biological terrorism by purchasing duct tape, which Ridge instructed should be used to seal off windows and doorways. At best, the motive for this advi sory was questionable, the durability of duct tape exaggerated. Shortly after Ridge's announcement, the Washington Post revealed financial links between the White House

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