What if you could put your whole life on display for everyone to see? In this decade, such thing is possible with the help of social media sites. If you want to upload pictures, Instagram is available. If you want to write different statuses, Twitter is a step away. If you wanted to do both while interacting with people from across the world, Facebook is the right choice. With the progression of technology and the need for people to show the world who they are, social media sites are becoming increasingly popular. Some people may see this recent boom of social networking as a chance for people to self-brand as well as to present themselves as someone who they are not. As Joel Stein declares in his article You Are Not my Friend, “until we can build some kind of social network where we can present our true, flawed selves, I say we strip down our online communities to just the important parts” (para. 9). While Facebook can be seen as a place for “self-branding” it is a place where someone can analyze someone else as a whole. This allows us to understand someone better and get to know who they really are. By using the method of ethos, pathos and logos, rhetorically analyzing someone’s Facebook profile is easy to do.With the use of one account user’s profile, Jenna LoBello, this essay will show that Facebook can be used more than just somewhere to interact and “show off,” but that it can be used for rhetorical analysis.
For rhetorical analysis, we use Aristotle's’ ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the credibility the author or in this case, the account user, presents. Whether it be the use of pictures, interests, or friendships Facebook achieves this. Pathos is the author’s emotional appeal. This could be presented in what movies s...
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...is evident that this is false. Facebook is a place where someone can rhetorically analyze someone else and find out who they exactly are. Although people can post anything they want others to see, this is true off the screen as well. When people first meet, they only show the other person what they want them to see. Someone who uses Facebook more than someone who does not will have more of a relationship with the audience due to a stronger ethos, pathos and logos. Facebook is a site that allows us to analyze other people but also ourselves. By taking time to rhetorically analyze your Facebook profile, one might see themselves differently afterwards. It is important to know what energy you give off to others. If someone is interested in hiring you or getting to know you, having a profile that makes you look immature and not credible, may cause them to turn you down.
The audience can empathize easily with Sue and the death of her youngest and this allows the audience to understand the usefulness of Facebook “friends”; however, Dailey’s shift to present the other side of the argument with Bugeja’s forward truth of the flaws in online social networks. Bugeja convinces the reader that reality provides a more intimate level of support that the virtual world can never offer. Dailey could have ended the article on a stronger note that Facebook “friends” only serves as an additive to friendships to reality. In reference to Henry Adams infamous quote, Facebook “friends” cannot be made but built from existing
She recalls a disagreement that took place on Facebook between her and a close friend over a few comments placed on her timeline. Wortham describes how she felt embarrassed over the pointless argument. She discloses “I’m the first one to confess my undying love of the Web’s rich culture and community, which is deeply embedded in my life. But that feud with a friend forced me to consider that the lens of the Web might be warping my perspective and damaging some important relationships” (171). Introducing her personal feelings and perspective of how she feels Facebook is taking over her own emotional response online weakens her argument. Wortham reasons that others feel the same as she does. She says, “This has alarmed some people, convincing them that it’s time to pull the plug and forgo the service altogether” (171). Wortham does not bring in other testimonies of those who feel the same as she does, therefore the readers are only introduced to her personal
Effectively communicating an idea or opinion requires several language techniques. In his study of rhetoric, Aristotle found that persuasion was established through three fundamental tools. One is logos, which is used to support an argument through hard data and statistics. Another is ethos, which is the credibility of an author or speaker that allows an audience to conclude from background information and language selection a sense of knowledge and expertise of the person presenting the argument. The impact of pathos, however, is the most effective tool in persuasion due to the link between emotions and decisions. Although each of these tools can be effective individually, a combination of rhetorical devices when used appropriately has the ability to sway an audience toward the writer’s point of view.
In this paper we will be discussing the rhetorical devices, logos, ethos, pathos, kairos, and
“Nothing is perfect.” Though social media brings us uncountable convenience, there is a trade-off with the convenience. Due to the advanced technology we have, social media has become part of our life, which it means that social media could determine our sociability. In Peggy Orenstein’s “I Tweet, Therefore I Am,” though she praises Tweeter for its convenience, at the same time, she also worries that “(Tweeter) makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived self.” Since we don’t care about who we talk to, we might act abnormally due to our feelings, and
I feel as though more and more teens of this generation are using social media in order to seek approval of attention of others. Since they are expected to use social media in a way to create an online audience, they post pictures of themselves and activities so that they can get a “yes” or “no” response from their audience. If someone posts a picture online and someone who is considered a “friend” makes a positive comment on the photo, then they have received approval of their actions. If someone makes a negative remark on the photo, then they have received disapproval. She uses various examples of how young adults use social media to create a persona of themselves, such as when girls post sexualized pictures of themselves and create avatars of themselves (Orenstein, 448). This means that how they are seen online will affect how they act in real life. When Orenstein says that “the self, becomes a brand”, she means that young adults have to act in a way that is perceived to be socially acceptable by their peers, and the image of how everyone sees you. So many people today use social media, and the biggest one that is being used is Facebook. Profile pictures, albums, and statuses are things that gets posted up for anyone to comment, like, or dislike. Your “friends” on
Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle links three elements of arguing together: the speaker, the story, and the audience. The relationship between the elements determines the speaker’s argument and whether it will be successful in oratory or literature. Ethos, Logos and Pathos are each different aspects of the argument that must be balanced in order to succeed in persuading or convincing an audience. Ethos, or character, relates to the speaker’s credibility that the audience appeals to: it is useful when persuading a group of people to trust what you are saying or doing. Logos, or logic, is a way of convincing and appealing by reason, truth, and facts. Pathos relates to the audience’s emotions and their response to what the speaker is saying.
Jack Shakley’s “Indian Mascots- You’re Out” published on the op-ed page of the LA times, he impacted readers about the argument over professional and college sport teams whose mascots are using Native American names. Shakley is the former chair of the Los Angeles city/county Native American Commission. The author describes the history of using Indian mascots and how it hurt a group of people. He wants readers to know that it is necessary to remove Native American names and mascots from college and professional teams. Jack Shakley uses three strategies to present his argument to show his attitude to remove Indian mascots in teams.
“The Facebook Sonnet” by Sherman Alexie brings up ideas and controversy over social media because it decreases face-to-face communication. Though Facebook allows people to contact old and new friends, it renders away from the traditional social interaction. Online, people are easily connected by one simple click. From liking one’s status to posting multiple pictures, Facebook demands so much attention that it’s easy for users to get attach. They get caught up in all the online aspect of their lives that they fail to appreciate real life relationships and experiences. Within Alexie’s diction and tone, “The Facebook Sonnet” belittles the social media website by showing how society are either focused on their image or stuck in the past to even live in the present.
Want that summer bod? Or clean out your system? Many athletes, or those trying to shed those extra pounds try to find the next diet.The next superfood. The next cleanse.To have their dream body. They have a clean diet and a well-planned exercise routine, but it is not enough. Which is why many steer towards juice cleanses. Ben Greenfield interviews athlete and owner of Organifi Drew Canole, about why juice cleanses are bad for you and the actions to take to correct your juicing.Throughout the article Ben persuades the audience using ethos and pathos, that if you are going to juice do it the right way.
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Today, when Americans think of the United States, they think of “the land of the free, and the home of the brave”. They think of liberty, and freedom, and independence. But, Americans often forget that there were points in our history where we weren’t quite as free as we think we are today. The federal government was once a smaller, less powerful entity that did not do much to protect our rights and freedoms. But, towards the end of the 19th century, the role of the government began to change. Corporate corruption, economic turmoil, war, and changing ideas of freedom slowly led to the expansion of the federal government.
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As older siblings, friends, and cousins were denied position at school and in the work force, we realized that adults and employers had found Facebook. Our uncensored character was on display for future bosses, colleges, etc. and they were there to stay. Instead of references being the test of character for a job, it was the online identity that determined whether or not the application got even a second glance. In light of this revelation, we changed. Our Facebooks no longer reflected our true selves, but rather the person that we thought colleges and employers should see. Much like hiding our dirty laundry from prying eyes in the halls of high school, we could no longer wear our proverbial hearts on our internet sleeves, for the future was at stake. Much like what had once been the Old West, the internet was now connected with railroads—each leading back to the offline person. Tame and orderly.