这是一份美国某大学本科生课程作业，英语论文，根据所提供的详细案例进行评论写作，并且要搜集相关资料来证实自己的立场。写作内容需要详细，观点要清晰。供广大留学生朋友参考。
The Discussion Assignment Guideline:
1. The Position StatementOur Position Statements are short (300 words or more) research-based papers where you take an informed stand or position on a topic and then argue your position using your research as support. A key element is the concept of taking an “informed position.” That means that you should be able to back up your position with evidence based on research from credible sources. In other words, you need to know what you are talking about and be able to prove it.
A Position Statement is an opinion, however unlike the opinions posted to most blog sites, your work in PHOTO 100 must be critical and scholarly. Base your Position Statement supporting arguments on facts and evidence. Include at least three (3) footnoted authoritative references to validate your position. Use primary source quotations, statistical data, etc. to help build your case.
The basic Position Statement structure is as follows:
Introduction
Identify the issue and state your position on it.
The body
Background information
What does the reader need to know?
Supporting facts
Evidence should logically lead to the position presented in the introduction.
Discuss various sides of the issue
A conclusion
Summarize the main concepts and ideas without repeating yourself.
Suggest solutions to potential problems you address in your position – (i.e. courses of action)
Grammar and spelling should both be at college level. Your instructor will reject late or incomplete assignments.
What do the photos we take say about us?
Background:
People take photos for a variety of reasons. Some do it as a job, students like you take photos to fulfill assignments, and others take them to use as a kind of evidence. The desire to use of photography as a kind of evidence is obvious since the medium is so accurately at making visual records. We typically think of evidence photos as crime scene photos, newspaper photos, passport photos, and even real estate or insurance photos. However, snapshots are the most basic and plentiful kind of photographic evidence.
We take snapshots to record the personal details of our lives. They include babies, birthdays, proms, parties, pets and just about every aspect of our relationships with friends and family. When we look at these photos, their intention is so straightforward and simple that it seems unnecessary to talk about them having any underlying meaning or subtext, which seems more suited for a discussion about a work of art rather than a simple snapshot. However, it is possible that the meaning of even a common snapshot exists outside the intention of the photographer and audiences may interpret the implication of photo in far different ways than the photographer intended.
An example of this is a photo made by some Penn State students that received critical international media attention in December of 2012. The photo, made around Halloween, depicted a group of 26 college age women who posed for a snapshot. Many wore fake moustaches and were dressed in stereotypical Mexican sombreros and ponchos. Two women were carefully positioned together centrally in the front of the group where they each held signs which read, “Will Mow Lawn For Weed + Beer” and “I Don’t Cut Grass, I Smoke It.” Technically, the photo was an awkwardly made snapshot, slightly out of focus, with a bright light glaring in the upper part of the picture. Its purpose is unclear, but perhaps it the photographer and participants intended it as a memento to be placed in a scrapbook or Facebook page. The media attention focused on the stereotypical representation of Mexican people by a group of predominantly white college-age sorority women.
Onward State, which describes itself as an alternative Penn State blog, first published the picture and an editorial article about it on December 4. The article explained, “The connection between Chi Omega and the racist image was discovered
