Television programs are the most influential forms of media in my opinion. When people watch a television show they listen to what the people are saying and interpret the way they feel it should be interpreted. Talk show hosts who talk about news and the everyday world usually use parodies. Saturday Night Live is an example of a show that uses parodies to tell about something. They talk about a wide range of topics such as celebrities, politics, and fashion.
Million-Dollar Murray Malcolm Gladwell has many facts and opinions in the article, Million-Dollar Murray. He says a lot of things in this article to try to persuade the reader to think one way or the other. He clearly states what he is trying to persuade to the reader and then goes after it. The way he talks about homeless people, the L.A.P.D, and car emissions really hooks the reader to learn more about the topic he is talking about, which ultimately shows how he is persuasive. I believe Malcolm does a really good job in persuading the readers in this article.
The most prevalent examples in the series are how the guests are positioned during the debate, the eclectic panel of guests appearing, and of course the host himself. Real Time is a show that thrives of the conversational abilities of the host and its guests. Unlike other politically contented current events shows, the organization and conduct presented on the show are without parallel. It allows Bill Maher to successfully portray his political opinion with the kinds of controversy he wishes and not controversy from an unintellectual and disorganized public debate forum. In fact, the show tends to thrive off of politicians or CEOs making their own pitfalls while defending the accusations made on the show in another public forum.
Jersey Shore has become quite the phenomenon in the world; primarily because of the show’s ability to engage and persuade an audience. The show has created an industry surrounding itself. The castmates/characters speak to entertain the audience and with their success, they have persuaded millions of people to keep tuned into the show. The documentary like setting contributes to the level of entertainment because it gives the show a more knowledgeable tone, which will be discussed later on. The phenomenon of the show has established the intense ability to persuade and inform a specific audience.
People don’t have that long of an attention span. Dave Barry’s style is ability to capture the attention of almost anyone who reads his article. He also displays his ability to mock. He mocks the modern technology and its pending advances by discussing his problematic areas: remote controls, phones, and kitchen appliances. His tone makes this piece more believable for the audience due to his negative, exasperated demeanor.
He agreed with his friend, and said under the sway of the machine, he “changed arguments to aphorisms, from thoughts to puns, from rhetoric to telegram style.” The story suggests that the Internet isn’t the sole reason for changing the way of thinking, but possibly technology in general. To go along with this thought, Carr also mentions how television, magazine, and newspaper ads have started using our new methods of absorbing information to create a compact and to-the-point advertisement design, further proving how our mind states have been
Winston Churchill’s speech styling makes the speech’s message enticing as well as informative. Churchill’s speeches were almost always given in private, then distributed throughout the nation, allowing him to make revisions to his transcript, most of the time even during his speech. He further refined the speech, and was extremely eloquent in the way he spoke. Alliteration is almost always present
In the same way, Jon Stewart entertains his audience with humor, sarcasm and poking fun at politicians to send a message across about politics today. Medea and the Daily Show both take a strong position on specific people and events, but they also inform people about things that they otherwise would be completely ignorant
RHET 101 Assignment Three Textual Analysis: Is All Writing Persuasive? Assignment: Everywhere we turn, people try to persuade us. Magazines show us the glossy-haired beauties we might become if we buy the products advertised in their pages. Politicians try to convince us with emotionally-charged “facts” that we should vote—or spend, or believe—the way they tell us to. The rhetorical appeals that make these arguments persuasive often are quite obvious.
I enjoy watching the History channel and have often found interest in past event with armed forces, so when reading this summary I found it caught my attention, the story revolved around the war. This book has spies; weapons and suspense that makes the story seem real. War is real and such things of atomic bomb are available. My opinion of this book would be that advancement is good however