Not only that, but Matthews goes about explaining what one must do in order to become successful if one chooses to enter politics. The books main purpose serves to help newcomers to politics or even veterans to better prepare themselves for all of the dirty, clever, and above all, brilliant tricks that politicians use to gain an upper hand in one of the dirtiest “games” around. What interests a reader about this book is how Matthews is able to make a dull topic such as politics interesting and somewhat captivating. He uses well known figures that have been engraved in the minds of people such as Roosevelt, Kennedy, Carter, Reagan, and others to help capture the attention of the
Assignment One In Miles Benson article, Political consultants tailor candidates’ message to what the voters want to hear, he has several opinions and views on how political consultants, opinion polls and negative advertising affect how politicians want us to feel, react and ultimately vote. It seems that research has discovered that if a politician talks in platitudes he has a better chance of getting himself or herself elected. Being specific seems to detrimental because too many questions are asked. Bill Hillsman, a media expert said that, “obviously, a candidate seeking votes is going to emphasize shared concerns and issues that are popular. But all too often political leadership simply means finding out what the people want and telling them you’ll give it to them” (Benson A3).
He was a great motivator through words, and not force. In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, King uses the Rhetorical triangle consisting of Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. By using all three of these techniques in his writing King is able to get the reader’s attention and to not only have people understand his point, but to add emotion, credibility, and reason to his writing. Kings expresses logos in many parts of his letter. Logos appeals to reason and can be thought of as the text of an argument, as well as how well a writer has argues his/her point.
Information and Politics There is an information asymmetry between the government and the public or voters. The government has the upper hand in terms of information as politicians know very well what they are capable of and what they plan on doing once they are elected. They also have a political network that provides them access to policy advice. On the other hand, voters suffer from imperfect information. The mass media, therefore, helps to bridge this information gap by providing political news to the voters.
Damon`s target audiences to the essay “The Death of Honesty” are: young adults, older adults, students, teachers and the general public. This paper will analyze the effectiveness of Damon’s use of pathos, logos and ethos to inform and persuade readers on how he believes “The death of Honesty” has become an increasing issue and a downfall to society. Damon begins his essay by stating a number of reasons why people do not always stick to the truth. He uses common global knowledge and logic to reason
Wood also analyzes Obama’s use of references in his election night speech. He discusses how “Behind his speech were the ghosts of Lincoln’s First Inaugural” (610) as well as “the explicit reference to King’s famous phrase about how ‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice’” (611). Both discussions of Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. are included to show how Obama believed his election to be a turning point in history as Lincoln and King’s speeches were a turning point in their time period as well. It was imperative for Safire and Wood to discuss the allusions to others’ speeches in both of their analysis as without the references to others’ speeches both Lincoln and Obama’s speeches would not have had the impact and power that they did. Through the course
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Malcolm X’s essay “Homemade Education”, and Robert F. Kennedy’s speech “On the Death of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, show some type of Ethos, Logos, Pathos in their writing to express their ideas, thoughts and feelings. These 3 authors use facts and statistics to create an argument in their writing to persuade us emotionally, persuade any reasoning we have, and last but not least they want us to respect them by giving them our attention and they want us to identify the point of view they have in the story they are writing because they feel like it is important for us to understand where they are coming from and they also want to show us that their writing is worth reading. On Robert F. Kennedy’s speech, Robert uses pathos to get his readers to emotionally respond to what he has to say when he finds out Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has
Select ONE contemporary political movement, identify one or more symbols that are associated with it and describe the struggle that it wages over these symbols: Symbols help organize ideas, values, and experiences. But, one must be careful with the symbols because they often have unexpected meaning. Symbols play very important in politics. There are two sides of symbolic politics: the politics of symbols and the symbolic aspects of politics. The politics of symbols refers to the creation, elaboration, and the use of symbols for political purposes.
Recognizing political communication and the tensions in politics, enables receivers of the media to watch and listen with critical eyes and ears. For example, symbols like the Budweiser Ad on television may evoke emotions and as stated in class, symbols are hierarchical. It is hard to not feel emotions when watching the advertisement but knowledge and acceptance that symbols are present prevents us from falling prey. It is also helpful for one to understand political communication and the political model for building coalitions in case one ever has the need to form a group. The factors going into a coalition that can get things done include a window of opportunity, relationships, a sense of morals, exercising style, and exhibiting care.
Between a song here and there, people still find time to cover political progress. The media plays a very large role in shaping the needs some problems need from the government. Media does not tell what people to think, only what to think about. People rely on the public media for political information. Public media is only one person’s thought on the subject.