Blog Posts and Responding to Questions
What are our responsibilities to each other when we blog?
There are different types of literature that require different things from the audience as well as different things from the author. Blog posts are no exception to this rule. Although it is specific to each blog, generally the audience for a blog needs to be one that can focus. It is difficult to get a message out with only a few sentences, and unfortunately that is about how long the attention span is for someone on the internet. When you read a blog you need to learn to commit to the post and ignore the fact that the rest of the internet is only a click away. Meanwhile, the Author also has to adaptive to this relatively new medium. Keeping in mind of one’s audience, their post should be relatively short, captivating, and frequent. The rules start to disappear when it comes to content. Blogs are places to share feelings, tell stories of daily adventures, and express opinions. There is much more freedom in writing a blog compared to a formal essay or letter. I do not think bloggers have many, if not any “responsibilities” when it comes to that respect. Blogging is essentially the hobby of keeping a journal or diary on the internet that others can view. You set your own standards and do your own thing.
Do we have responsibilities to others when we communicate?
Communication originated as the foundation of human nature, and has forever since been the soul way ideas spread. It is essential in each of our lives. And I think there is only three responsibilities we all have when communicating. They are listening, reflecting, and responding. This is what defines communication and the only things needed for it.
When do I read? What do I read? What am I reading for?
After taking a minute to think about these questions, it was obvious to me that I only read to learn. No longer do I read for my own enjoyment like i use to when i was younger. I read for school, for research, and to learn. However i am essentially reading all the time, at school, at work, on the billboards while i drive, at home, on the tv, ect.. Advertisements and lone sentences are almost immediately processed in my head. It is the longer texts that I will voluntarily decide to read and they usually must meet specific requirements in order for me to read all of it. It seems that they must always be interesting, new, and captivating. I rarely read the same thing twice or even similar topics. I am reading textbooks, science articles, news headlines. I cannot remember the last time i read more than a page of a novel or story that was not required of me for a class i was in. Excluding facebook and twitter posts that usually go right over my head, I am only reading to find out something new.
In reference to "The Changing Landscape of Work in the Twenty-First Century"
When do I read? What do I read? What am I reading for?
After taking a minute to think about these questions, it was obvious to me that I only read to learn. No longer do I read for my own enjoyment like i use to when i was younger. I read for school, for research, and to learn. However i am essentially reading all the time, at school, at work, on the billboards while i drive, at home, on the tv, ect.. Advertisements and lone sentences are almost immediately processed in my head. It is the longer texts that I will voluntarily decide to read and they usually must meet specific requirements in order for me to read all of it. It seems that they must always be interesting, new, and captivating. I rarely read the same thing twice or even similar topics. I am reading textbooks, science articles, news headlines. I cannot remember the last time i read more than a page of a novel or story that was not required of me for a class i was in. Excluding facebook and twitter posts that usually go right over my head, I am only reading to find out something new.
In reference to "The Changing Landscape of Work in the Twenty-First Century"
In my opinion, "work" is idea of doing something in exchange for something else. Whether it be for material things or for pleasure, the person or object doing the work is gaining or at least not losing from the experience of working. Joanne Ciulla's observation that, "There may be no one particular feature present in everything we call work, but rather many characteristics that overlap and intersect" seems to be contradictory of mine. While both of our definitions or ideas about work are very general, mine seems to I've it a definition while Ciulla makes an observation that it cannot be defined. However, I still fail to see how work could not match my definition given that its very general.The word "work" is a verb; work has to be a subject acting on something else. And while work is also used as a noun to describe a place or idea, it is always closely tied as a thing someone or something does to that results in something that is trying to be changed or kept the same. Work is a use of energy with a purpose.
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Not analyzing the content but how the author argues his content- C he’s focused on analyzing pictures and doesn’t bring everything together til the conclusion
Uses a webpage or 4-5 posters or a series of photos with text- A he used 4 posters
Academic/formal language-B used simple words in and informal sometimes
Ethos for written text- B could’ve said more but he did give himself a little credibility with background
Logos for written text- F he doesn’t talk about the titles, he only talks about placement which is part of the visual
Pathos for written text- F doesn’t mention how words evoke emotion
Ethos for visual- C he effectively analyze text in posters, he could have talked more about font choices
Logos for visual- A talks about perspective and how certain elements work well together
Pathos for visual- B could have talked more about what emotions the author was trying to provoke
Analyzing how they effectively work together- A he talks about written and visuals draw attention and their placement was relative to each other
Audience is clear and specific- A- its clear he made it for men and women in the 50s
Grammar and punctuation and verb tense used correctly- A he used correct grammar and punctuation
Arrangement of images and texts is sophisticated and flows well- A not distracting and next to the paragraphs where they are referred to
Clear and well supported objective- A he doesn’t go off subject
Has proper work cited page- B separate page with italicized titles.
Design Plan for Photo Essay:
Written text:
• Ethos: The Science World logo is the main source of credibility in all these images. The creator of these ads also instill trust through their claim “we can explain” on each of the advertisements.
• Logos: The creator of these ads purposely used short, quick written supporting evidence that could be considered a logical appeal. Scientific facts or research results are simply stated instead of any logical argument, which is still a good source of logos if coming from a relevant and credible source. • Pathos: The creator instills many emotions with just a few worlds for each of these advertisements. Emotional diction like “fear,” “love,” and “born,” as well as some stereotype prone ideas such as “earthquakes” and “bugs” works to evoke a particular emotion from the audience.
Visual:
• Ethos: Once again, the attention drawing yellow dot containing the Science World logo encapsulates quite a deal of credibility for this image. Also, the background space of these images indicate these advertisements were costly and made very public which assists in gaining the audiences trust.
• Logos: All these visuals are constructed to grab your attention and make you think about something you probably never realized or knew. They creatively dilute the audiences mind with a concept that is usually relevant to their lives to produce a logical argument supporting the claim they made in the written text. The visual in these advertisements are largely used as evidence.
• Pathos: All these ads are presented to either gross out or amaze the audience with is a emotional appeal in itself. The use of perspective, visual concepts, and special effects make help direct an emotional appeal that will most of the time inflict fear or an urge to find out more about the subject which is the advertisements goal.
I will also be analyzing rhetorical devices such as the use of simple sentences as well as perspective, color and special effects in my supporting evidence and claims. Then for each image I will discuss on how the two components work together and how they accomplish the company’s goal, as well as explain the subliminal message of each of these advertisements.
I will then text this on my peers to see if they can follow my argument and if they agree with my thesis and supporting evidence; probably using my rough draft in some sort of in class activity again. I also may ask peers outside of class and may bring it to the writing center if I have time.
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"Peer reviewed" a Sample Essay
Expected Objectives for our Rhetorical AnalysisNot analyzing the content but how the author argues his content- C he’s focused on analyzing pictures and doesn’t bring everything together til the conclusion
Uses a webpage or 4-5 posters or a series of photos with text- A he used 4 posters
Academic/formal language-B used simple words in and informal sometimes
Ethos for written text- B could’ve said more but he did give himself a little credibility with background
Logos for written text- F he doesn’t talk about the titles, he only talks about placement which is part of the visual
Pathos for written text- F doesn’t mention how words evoke emotion
Ethos for visual- C he effectively analyze text in posters, he could have talked more about font choices
Logos for visual- A talks about perspective and how certain elements work well together
Pathos for visual- B could have talked more about what emotions the author was trying to provoke
Analyzing how they effectively work together- A he talks about written and visuals draw attention and their placement was relative to each other
Audience is clear and specific- A- its clear he made it for men and women in the 50s
Grammar and punctuation and verb tense used correctly- A he used correct grammar and punctuation
Arrangement of images and texts is sophisticated and flows well- A not distracting and next to the paragraphs where they are referred to
Clear and well supported objective- A he doesn’t go off subject
Has proper work cited page- B separate page with italicized titles.
Design Plans for Writing Projects
Design Plan for Photo Essay:
I realize I am composing this Photo Essay on a delicate topic so my primary strategy is to remain respectful and thoughtful. I also have plans to appeal to my audience in multiple other ways. I want to make sure they trust me and that my credentials are worthy of talking about this subject. In my essay I will make them aware of both my religious and non-religious background/history (Ethos). Also, I want them to convince them of this religious and science co-existence by excluding my own opinions and using real, non-manipulated photos and also discuss widely agreed upon religious beliefs and well researched scientific theories (Logos). And finally, I plan to appeal to my audience’s emotions through thought provoking image comparisons and “big idea” questions (Pathos). My intentions are to use MS PowerPoint to present my essay with a solid color background and frames. I do not want anything taking away from the pictures or words. Also, I plan on using a hard contrast font color through the entire essay to remain uniform and neutral (much like my argument). Likewise, my pictures (multiple per page) will be aligned together, parallel, and with the same size and dimensions to portray the feeling of balance and equality as an undertone to “co-existence.” I will be opening with a narrative addressing the relationship between religion and science in the past, their relationship now, and asking questions about their future. Hopefully my audience will find things they can relate to or engage in. I want to have 3-4 pages of pictures (3-4 each) that I will stylistically format to highlight the relationship between religion (one of the pictures), science (a different picture) and then an example of their mutual, co-existence in between (the picture in the middle). Communication is very important for my essay. Not everything I have to say can be done with pictures and vise-versa with only words. I am also looking for feedback from my essay and presentation so I will be asking questions thought the project. I can test my projects effeteness from my peer’s opinions. I want them to see the connection and co-existence between religion and science and I want them to question the future between the two as well. Ultimately I want to open my audience’s minds to a not so thought about idea and I should be able to tell if I achieved this through their reactions.
Design Plan for Visual/Textual Rhetorical Analysis
I plan to set up my essay by introducing background information first, then perhaps mention my thesis followed by my media and supporting evidence, then closing with a conclusion or reflection paragraph(s). This is an academic paper so I want to follow a format that I am relatively familiar with and I think is professional and presents the information in a logical way. I plan on placing my pictures next to the paragraphs I which they are discussed and analyze them rhetorically first by the visual content, then written, then explore how the two work together, for each one of the pictures. I want to do this because I think this is how someone walking down the street would observe this advertisement. The visual is what gets their attention, but it does not make sense until they read the caption, then they put the two together to get the message. I am using the four Science World campaign advertisements seen after this design plan. Images will be positioned to the left and next to the parargraph innwhich they were introduced. I want to do this to define a clear separation of ideas and media as well as give my audience a chance to observe the visual before my analysis. I also think it will just look more appealing since my images are different orientations and sizes and may shift the text too much or make it look awkward if I left them on the right and left side of the text. The communication will be produced for both the written text and visual through the analysis of ethos pathos and logos for each, as well as rhetorical devices.Written text:
• Ethos: The Science World logo is the main source of credibility in all these images. The creator of these ads also instill trust through their claim “we can explain” on each of the advertisements.
• Logos: The creator of these ads purposely used short, quick written supporting evidence that could be considered a logical appeal. Scientific facts or research results are simply stated instead of any logical argument, which is still a good source of logos if coming from a relevant and credible source. • Pathos: The creator instills many emotions with just a few worlds for each of these advertisements. Emotional diction like “fear,” “love,” and “born,” as well as some stereotype prone ideas such as “earthquakes” and “bugs” works to evoke a particular emotion from the audience.
Visual:
• Ethos: Once again, the attention drawing yellow dot containing the Science World logo encapsulates quite a deal of credibility for this image. Also, the background space of these images indicate these advertisements were costly and made very public which assists in gaining the audiences trust.
• Logos: All these visuals are constructed to grab your attention and make you think about something you probably never realized or knew. They creatively dilute the audiences mind with a concept that is usually relevant to their lives to produce a logical argument supporting the claim they made in the written text. The visual in these advertisements are largely used as evidence.
• Pathos: All these ads are presented to either gross out or amaze the audience with is a emotional appeal in itself. The use of perspective, visual concepts, and special effects make help direct an emotional appeal that will most of the time inflict fear or an urge to find out more about the subject which is the advertisements goal.
I will also be analyzing rhetorical devices such as the use of simple sentences as well as perspective, color and special effects in my supporting evidence and claims. Then for each image I will discuss on how the two components work together and how they accomplish the company’s goal, as well as explain the subliminal message of each of these advertisements.
I will then text this on my peers to see if they can follow my argument and if they agree with my thesis and supporting evidence; probably using my rough draft in some sort of in class activity again. I also may ask peers outside of class and may bring it to the writing center if I have time.
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