Context: This cartoon portrays how widespread technology such as ipads and iphones have become, and also how social sites such as Twitter and Facebook are so popular. This cartoon is making fun of how dependent people have become on technology today and how literally everyone does it, using a baby to show how young use of technology and the internet starts.
Source/Author: Drawn by Mick Stevens, this cartoon is from The New Yorker. Stevens has appeared in many publications, such as The Harvard Business Review, Barons', The National Law Journal, and USA Weekend. He has also published a few books filled with his cartoons.
Purpose: Stevens's purpose was to exaggerate Americans' use of technology and social networking. By using a baby as a Apple user, Stevens sends a message that even babies are participating in the trend. I believe he accomplishes this purpose.
Audience: Readers of The New Yorker magazine.
Rhetorical Elements: This image is very ironic, considering that babies cannot speak let alone update a status on the internet. In order to understand this comic an audience also has to have previous knowledge about the situation like current computers and phones, knowing what an infirmary for babies would look like, and knowing that OMG is a term often used on the internet for statuses. Stevens is clearly using readers' memory as a rhetorical device.
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