Before her twitter controversy, Justine Sacco was the senior director of corporate communications for a company called InterActive Corp. She was 30 years old, successful in her career, and happy in life. However, after a single tweet, her life fell into a downward spiral. Back in December of 2013, Sacco made a trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Before boarding the plane, she logged on Twitter and posted, “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Subsequently, she was bombarded with thousands of spiteful responses, shunned by her own family, and fired from her job. Justine Sacco’s name was permanently etched on the internet.
If we were in early Colonial America, Sacco would have been put in a pillory and whipped
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The security it provides through anonymity gives people the power to take shaming to a whole ‘nother level. Because social media serves as a platform for people to voice their opinions, it makes it near impossible to prevent public shaming on the internet. However, by bringing awareness to the issue, it may make some people rethink their behaviour on social media. Tauriq Moosa’s article, “Why Justine Sacco wasn’t the biggest problem during her Twitter storm,” is a great example of how to effectively convince readers of the futility of social media shaming because of the strong credibility, emotion, and logic he …show more content…
He includes an excerpt from another article talking about how with social media, it is easy to create caricatures and make snap judgements about a person’s morals and values. It makes the point that Sacco could actually be a nice person in real life, apart from what she was portrayed to be because of her tweet. The excerpt explains that “It’s even possible that she’s so nice that, to people who actually know her, the bad Twitter jokes are absolutely hilarious, as a juxtaposition to her everyday, puppy-rescuing self”. Moosa then goes on to say that, “...just because you’re screaming at a racist joke is no reason to think you’re automatically a good person. That might be poor judgment on my part as to who you are, but that’s precisely the problem.” The excerpt that was built heavily on logos further justifies Moosa’s stance because it provides a different perspective of the situation. In addition to that, the fact that he addresses his own fallibility as a human being builds up the ethos for his article. It shows the readers that he is not simply pointing fingers, but rather he is bringing to light an issue that even he falls guilty
Quindlen uses logos effectively by using facts from other sources. It shows when she tells us that, “The agriculture Department estimated in 1999 that twelve million children were hungry or at risk of going hungry.” This is only a small example of the facts she uses. Another example is when she tells us that, “A group of big-city mayors released a study showing that in 200, requests for food assistance from families increased almost 20 percent, more than at any time in the last decade.” These examples show how she is using logos to persuade readers.
Logos appeals to reason, which are things like facts and statistics, and it works in the writers favor because it gives more information to the reader, which in turn builds the writer’s case. Nemko opens up almost right away with a “killer statistic” that warns of the fact that even if a student is giving an extended amount of time, if he or she did not graduate from high school in the top half of their class it is very unlikely that they will earn some kind of college degree. That is one statistic that is never heard, which is why it is stunning and a great way for Nemko to start off his argument. The fact that Nemko applies logos to his argument is the first reason why I agree with his proposal that too many young adults go to
For most everybody in the world, people tend to have two identities: one in reality and one online. Andrew Lam wrote an essay, called “I Tweet, Therefore I am: Life in the Hall of Mirrors”, in which he described how people are posting videos or statuses which is making social media take a turn. Instead of social media being a place to share very little information, people are now tending to post weird updates. Lam was describing an example where a boy that was going to surgery asked to have his picture taken because his arm got taken off by an alligator. Another example is when Bill Nye was speaking and collapsed from exhaustion.
The logos aspect appears to be the weakest up until her last few paragraphs. Her descriptions and explanation of trigger warnings and safe spaces provide some logos in the beginning, but towards the end is when she begins citing articles on issues that she is discussing. The sources she uses seem to be reliable—The Chicago Maroon, The New York Times, even the University of Chicago’s
Throughout the analyzing process, logos, ethos, and pathos are searched for and scrutinized. While reading this article, one may see believe there is a lack of evidence from outside sources to back up an argument, and then quite possibly assume it is just made up and not reliable. Granted, Jones seems to use only one source for his article, which does not necessarily mean he does not state any evidence or logos. This whole article is Jones’s evidence, and the source is himself, because the article is a story about the author’s involvement with violent media.
The author uses pathos and logos several times in this writing. Pathos is in use when the author says, “Attempts to add sexual orientation to the federal statute began shortly after the brutal murder of young Matthew Sheppard in Wyoming, apparently because of his homosexuality.” He uses logos when he says, “ the yearly number of hate-crimes charges brought by the Justice Department dropped from seventy-six in 1996 to twenty-two ten years later.
Stereotypes are present in our everyday life, but just because they are present, does not mean we should place each other in these boxes. Specifically, there are stereotypes of Mexicans and Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz gives insight on these workers in her article “Willing to Work.” Gomberg-Muñoz uses logos in her writing and it is effective because it shows a different side, conveys reasonable emotion, and shows no favoritism.
...echniques employed are persuasive and subtle, and this allows Carr to take advantage of all emotional arguments at his disposal. In conjunction with sources pertinent to the topic, Carr’s emotional appeals seem to get his audience thinking, and from the article it is easy to agree with the points he has made. Carr’s use of logos and pathos does bring into question his ethos, however. Fortunately, Carr’s ethos should not be questioned, as he has written several books and articles on the topic. This does not excuse his bias, but it does permit him to speak on the topic at hand. Carr definitely presents himself as a strong literary figure, and his views on the internet are reasonable as well as relatable. This combination of ethos, pathos, and logos successfully allows Carr to write as an expert in this field, and his article and thoughts are not to be taken lightly.
She also continues to consider herself a transracial black woman, regardless if she meets the qualifications set by society or not. Her story has become such a big deal in the media because, for once, it’s not about a minority coming into this country and leaving their culture at the door. It’s about a White woman that was born with the luxury of having a choice and yet still chose to take on the tribulations of African Americans. The fact that this woman’s story is so mind-boggling for many Americans just proves that white supremacy, the belief that white people are superior and dominate society, still
Firstly, it is obvious that the author has a very good sense of logos when writing an article as she composed her writing with countless number of statements from public to prove her argument. In this article, she interviewed more than five people, varied from the street art artists to the owner of the building, to convince the society that most people felt broken-hearted as her when the 5Pointz has been whitewashed. The statements that
He was well-educated at a top school which earns him credibility and he appeals to the reader’s emotions when he makes comparisons and analogies to let the readers relate to him and in a sense feel what he’s feeling. Logos is present because the argument makes sense, and it is not a fallacy. These are just a few ways he supports his thesis and persuades the audience of what he believes in.
She uses testimonial device to bring in the well-known reliable source known as Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones from “The Atlantic” to help support her case. She uses pathos to appeal to her audience’s emotions by pulling on their heartstrings. She uses the logos to provide support to her article which she means to convince her audience by use of logic, reason, or statistics. She uses euphemism to make something harsh or distasteful sound in a somewhat positive way. She uses ethos to convince her audience of her credibility. There are very few weaknesses in her article which are greatly outweighed by the many strengths in
“I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time –Betty White (“Betty White Quotes,” 2014, para. 1).” This quote can be interpreted to fit with several of the social media avenues that many people spend their time on. Day in and day out people post, tweet, share, and pin countless times throughout the world. These different forms of communication were first created for an easier way for people to connect with others. Yet now, so much time is spent on these social sites that it has warped the interactive part and is causing more damage than good. Many are growing a desire and are living for the amount of “likes” they can receive on a post or how many re-tweets they can generate. Instead of going to these outlets to participate in a partial portion of their social lives, people are filling that time with the technological aspect of communication. As White said, this can become an inordinate amount of wasted time and can ultimately grow into further damaging circumstances. These different social media channels can cause emotional harm through disparaging the relationship between friends, conjuring of a narcissistic personality, and the retrogradation of ones self-esteem.
Social media is a fascinating and compelling form of interaction between people all over the world. It allows us to dispatch information to the public swiftly but unlike broadcasting through radio or television, there is no gatekeeper. Information that is put on the Internet never really goes away and because of its instantaneous feed to the public, it can cause irreparable damages. These damages include a rising growth of defamation cases involving online content found on social networks. Social media has become a hotspot for potentially libelous statements.
In the article “Social Media and Interpersonal”,Maura Keller uses credible and realistic information to connect to the readers. However, to some people her info is false but some would say her idea authentic. The article’s main points are on communication overload, how bullying gets involved, and lack of privacy from social media. This article not only does it explains the impact social media has on society but it tries let the reader see the future social media.