Summary:
Everyone constantly analyzes texts throughout their daily lives. Whether it’s by reading an advertisement, an email, or a newspaper, messages from all sorts of platforms surround us and inevitably demand our attention. There are actually a wide variety of ways in which one can analyze a certain text through different lenses. These can differ depending on the audience, purpose, genre, or media the text was specifically addressing. It is also important to consider design and stylistic elements that can present an image or video in many different ways. Other lenses such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and social class can affect the way we interpret certain messages as well.
Response:
I think it’s interesting that one text can be analyzed in multiple different angles depending on the lenses we choose to view them through. Someone who chooses to view one topic from one perspective might have a completely different opinion from someone who chooses to view it from a completely different perspective.
Question:
If there are so many different ways to analyze a certain text, then is it safe to assume that there is no “correct” interpretation for anything?