The Phases of My Communication
I’m more of a listener than a talker I was the only
child so I never had to compete for attention. I never had to be loud or talk
much to get attention or to be noticed so I don’t do much of it as an adult. I
feel you understand and notice things more when you listen versus talking. I
feel you’re able to make the audience relate to your message when you can make
connections with them.
When the time came to go to high school
and college I found that what made me a more confident communicator was being
well prepared for the assigned projects. I like to make sure that I have done a
sufficient amount of research before I present it. I find that I have a lot more anxiety about
presentations when I don’t feel confident about the information that im
presenting.
Even though I have always been a shy
person and chose to listen more than talk having Zoey changed me as a person
and communicator. I found after having her I became a more assertive
communicator. I might not talk much but when I do I’m going to make sure I get
my point across. I think the fact that I was now responsible for another life
brought that out of me. I no longer had the luxury of being quiet all the time
I no what to assert myself and my opinions in order to get things done the way
I saw fit.
Steps of Rhetorical
Analysis
Analysis of a Website
Website: http://wish.org/
1.
The purpose of
the website is to have people donate money to fund these wishes, but also to
have parents upload a sick child’s wish for consideration. The audience is a
sympathetic audience that would be willing to donate to the organization. Also,
the audience might include parents of sick children to try and get their wish
granted. The context would be people/organizations that are willing to donate
to the cause. The other context would be a parent of a sick child who would
like to place a wish.
2.
The main picture
of showing the kids who were able to go to the Super Bowl; this shows an
example of what this organization does. They used the Super Bowl example
because it was a large and recent event. The statement about one wish kid going
to the Super Bowl since ’82 shows their reliability and that they have been
granting wishes for decades. When scrolling down, one sees a girl being kissed
by a dolphin. This choice has an impact because the child appears to be very
happy. It also shows what a person’s donations are going toward. It also shows
the organization’s versatility in making wishes come true. The video stands out
because of the movement and the message in the video. It also give statistics
of volunteers, children’s satisfaction and how much money they have used to
make these wishes come true. The video also states that 9 out of 10 medical
professionals stated that these wishes improved patience help. At the end of the
video there are links to additional videos; the celebrates in the video help
people trust the organization and it shows there is a large community backing
of this organization. Macy’s advertisement of the donations made to Make a Wish
show the viewer that this organization has a large presence and the human
condition of giving to those in need; this is seen by a little girl with a box
and the saying “The magic of giving.” At the very bottom and the top there are
links to social media sites and other sharing forums. This is an important
choice because people can spread the organization’s message through a modified
version of Word-of-Mouth. This helps show personal connections through others
and helps get people to the website for more information as well as donation to
the cause.
3.
The individual
pieces work together to bring an overall effect of happy children despite the
hardships in their lives. The website also conveys a sense of achievement of
the organization and providing these granted wished to these children. (see the
above section for explanation of what the pieces are used for)
4.
The “stay in
touch” icon does not seem to make sense due to the fact that the recent stories
are on the website and the blog link at the bottom. The Santa mail section in the Marcy’s
portion, toward the middle, is dated because it is now February and Christmas
has been over for a month and a half. It would seem that the website was not
updated recently due to this time laps in months and extension of the holiday
season.
5.
The purpose,
audience, and context are the same as the initial because the website has
little abnormalities and seems to flow effectively. However if one were to
change any part of the website one could change the website to add additional
colors and more animation to be an interactive site. There is also no purpose
statement of the organization on the initial page; one would think that would
be important and needed on the home page. I would also cut out the Christmas
theme advertisement because the holidays are over.
Peer Review Of Classmates Visual Analysis
St.
Jude’s is a non-profit organization for children with deadly illnesses. The
organization raises money for children to get the correct treatment. It provides
treatment for children with illnesses such as cancer, leukemia, and Lou Gehris
disease. This gives children an opportunity to fight back against their
illnesses or diseases. The website has pictures with text under or above the
images. It shows many
different things such as, doctors, children, and scientists. The predominant
focus of the site are the visual. People love seeing pictures more than they like
reading actual text. [sk1] Pictures give a better view and idea
on what the site really contains. The text and visual complement each other by
the text describing what is going on inside the picture. Even if the picture
only contains a person smiling the text explains who the person is and their
position as far as St. Jude’s. The visuals help enforce the text, it does not
give any information that the text does not have. The visual
deepens the understanding of the text by the type of pictures that are posted
by the caption of it. [sk2] The
visual is placed either on the side, top or bottom of the text on the site. The
text would not even have a big effect if the visual was missing. As stated
above people would not get the same effect with just text with no picture but
the ultimate effect with the visual aid. In addition to the visuals and texts
this website uses Ethos, Logos, and Pathos to get across to their audience.
Pathos is the appeal of emotion, it creates an emotional response from
its reader. It promotes questions such as how did you feel? Or what emotions
did it bring out? With the St. Jude’s website it created numerous emotional
appeals and responses. Looking at the website is very sad. Seeing the pictures
of children with deadly illnesses makes the audience feel grief. [sk3] Another emotional appeal is relief.
The
website shows pictures of doctors and families holding children smiling. This
is displaying that St. Jude is a loving and caring environment for the children
which promotes a sense of relief. [sk4] Worry
is an emotion that can be connected to St. Jude’s site. People may worry
because they may have children of their own with these illness or that their
child may develop some of these illnesses. These illnesses does [sk5] not
just happen to certain children, it can happen to any child. The use of pathos
benefits St. Jude’s website because it touches the readers and connects with
them emotionally.
Ethos is another appeal used to analyze articles, books, and websites. Ethos
deals with credibility, meaning are the creators’ legitimate or a good source
of information. The St. Jude’s site is a credible site because it is worldwide.
St. Jude’s is a research hospital that many people use for their children and
they have plenty supporters all over the world. If the site was not credible it
would not be still running. St. Jude’s is a convincing site because they have
links and real people that were helped by using them. On the webpage it
has facts on a slideshow showing what illness they have found cures for. The
reputation of the site is found to be positive and uplifting. St. Jude’s site
is uplifting, showing that the survival rate for certain illnesses going up. This
sense of uplifting boost their creditability because it is easier to believe
something coming from a positive aspect, rather than a negative one.
Logos is the last appeal of the rhetorical
process. Logos appeals to the logic part of the rhetorical process. Logos also focuses on facts and reasoning
used to persuade. Facts on the site have to do with the new treatment options
to help the children get well. Another fact is the survival rate is growing for
sick children with a certain illness. The visual on the site
is constructed with several links for visitors and current members.
Organization and composition are a part of this site. This site is organized
simple for users to just click whatever they want to look into and receive
legit facts on a subject.
In overview St. Jude’s displayed great use of
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. The
use of visuals are a great advantage to the organization. The visuals helped
reached the readers emotions by showing the sick children. In addition,
it is a credible site because of its reputation and its statistics, which deals
with Ethos. It provided facts and reasoning on the site for joining, which is
tied to Logos. Overall St. Jude’s website showed examples of Ethos, Logos, and
Pathos. Lastly, it is an effective website to attract attention for new user.
Analysis of Movie Posters
Movies have changes a lot during the years, from the
mid 1900’s to the present 2000’s the technology for movies has mainly changes,
and thus their advertisements have changed as well. When looking at the oldest
of the movie posters, The Wizard of Oz (1939),
one can see the quality of photography is minimal, the colors are dull and
generic, and the effects are little to none when comparing to the other
posters. These reasons are why we believe that this is the oldest of the
posters. The next poster in chronological order is Vertigo (1950), an Alfred Hitchcock film. We think this because it
has real life photography in it and the colors are more vibrant that the Oz
poster. There is not date on Vertigo
or The Wizard of Oz, and their fonts
are different and look more hand written versus computer manufactured fonts.
The remaining posters, Crazy Stupid Love,
Cars 2, I will Follow, and Harry
Potter 7 part 2, are from after 2000 and have large, good-quality pictures
as the focal point of the poster. They all have dates of when they were
released in their respective years and a few have a call to action statement
that entices the reader to learn more. The font has less emphasis on the
younger posters versus the older ones, which had both text and photo working together
for the benefit of the poster.
Crazy, Stupid, Love
is a comedy of some sort because of the exaggerated facial expression of the
background actor. All of the actor on the bottom of the poster are smiling and
looking happy, another visual queue to a comedy that would make people laugh. Vertigo is more action genera because
there is a figure in the background that appears to be on top of a bridge
appearing to about to fall. There is a suspicion of suspense because Alfred
Hitchcock is known for suspenseful movies of his time. Cars 2 is a kid’s comedy and this is seen thought the animation and
the personification of cars having human qualities. Also, there is a statement
saying this movie is from the creators of Toy Story 3. I Will Follow looks to be a romantic drama because of the serious
faces of the actors and the closeness of the actors’ faces. The wizard of Oz is a comedy because of
the silly characters in a weird world. The colors, though dull, are meant to
bring happiness and playfulness to the audience. Harry Potter is a drama and suspense film because one can see the
tension between the two actors’ faces and the fact that they are holding the
same wand. The statement “It all ends 7.15” helps with the suspense as well.
The designer asks each reader to go and see this movie
through the visual media and colors. The text supports this because many of the
posters give dates that the movies premier. The eye goes toward the top of the
poster, often the title, and then to the middle picture, and finally to the
bottom text. All of these posters are effective, though we think some are dated
for our time. They all give a glimpse into the movie and entice curiosity.
Analyzing Pathos and
Color in Visuals & Logos in Type
1) The
harry potter poster in chapter 10 uses all aspects of hue, saturation, and
brightness to convey the message of darkness. They used hue in respect to the
cool color scheme. They used greys and blacks with a hint of warm color with
the red. Then as you move into the middle of the poster the saturation goes
down to get your attention. The outside of the poster uses the end spectrum of
the brightness scale. All the colors are dark and grim.
2) Page
251
·
From left to right
·
The first picture is bright and exciting, the
second one is also bright but more loud than the first picture, third is cool
and inviting, the fourth is hard, the fifth is cool as well, the last picture
is hard and dull.
·
Bright: lively color is used to grab your
attention, loud: uses bright colors but they do not complement each other as
well, cool: uses cool colors it makes you fell calm and relaxed, inviting: is a
feeling you get the colors just make you feel comfortable and welcome I find
that they are used injunction with cool colors, hard: these pictures use colors
that are complete opposite or contrast to each other
3) When
you see the photos of the produce, it grabs your attention and makes you feel
hungry. The reason the produce picture grabs your attention so much is that the
use of the bright lively colors of the fruit and vegetables and the colorful
cartons the fruit and vegetables are in. It makes you feel hungry because they
took great pictures of fresh colorful produce in a well-lit area.
The photo of the sunset makes me
feel relaxed when I first see it. The reason being it shows warm colors but
they are not very bright or saturated.
4) Page
265
I think the audience is women between 21-45.
They might have a job that has to do with communication or journalism. They
might be a part of a women’s right or feminist group that wants better
representation or reception of women when it comes to the media and journalism.
They are trying to give tips for women so they can have a more positive outcome
in various situations. Even though they are trying to help in some areas, I
feel they come off too assertive as if they are telling the audience what to do
rather than give advice. I feel the paragraphs on the side column could have
been placed in a more effective area. The colors used are only grey’s blacks
and whites even though it has a serious message it’s still in a less formal
medium which is a poster so if feel they could have used a better color scheme
to grab attention and keep the audience interested.
Analysis of Civil Rights Photos
·
The impression I got from the purpose of her
work was I was surprised at how creative and thought out it was. The most used
strategies were pathos, ethos, and logos. Each picture along with captions make
you feel a sense of anger and make you ask questions of why this was allowed to
happen. They also show that a majority of the criminals that committed these
crimes in all cases either got off completely, got minimal sentences, or
weren’t found guilty till decades alter. She wants you to see how times were back
then. The ethos element was used for the fact that through research she found
all these places some of which are not very well known. The logos element is
shown with her knowledge of the crimes, who was involved, and what happened
because of this crime if anything happened at all.
·
To the naked eye many people would not know what
these pictures mean. To some they might just look like everyday pictures. When
she chose to add captions it shows you that although there might not be a
historical marker these places hold significance in history. The fact that she
had to add captions because people do not know where these places are just
showed her argument that these places are forgotten and looked over as if
nothing ever happened. The only time I think these pictures would, not need
captions were if the pictures were being showed to people involved in the crime
or family members affected by it.
Analysis of Ajay's Photo Essay
1.
I think buying and learning
have some similarities but not many
2.
No, it is not the same
.buying coffee is made in the way you want it to be education is not made up to
your specifications and wishes.
3.
It is nothing like buying gum
it would be against school policy if any teacher took payment to give you a
better grade. You get your grade based on work not money. Teachers give grades
on what you deserve and the work put into it. They do not give them to please
you and make you happy.
4.
In a way, you have to pay in
order to go to school to get a diploma but you do not automatically get a
diploma because you paid your tuition. The only similarities that buying things
and education has are that it costs money other than that you are looked at as
a student not a customer.
1.
I think he framed the
pictures properly in his photographs they are supposed to straight to the point
and not very artistic and detailed. If I were taking the pictures I would have
made it more clear as to what she was doing and not letting the words do the
work the pictures seem to be very repetitive.
2.
He used a good caption for
these two photos even though you have no idea what she was doing in the first
photo the captions help explain more. The second caption and picture go
together perfectly.
3.
I do not think the captions
would have worked better if they were assertions. When you ask questions, it
forces the audience to think and give a response.
4.
I would only change the first
photo maybe make it more apparent that she was buying the gum
5.
He used plenty of pictures to
show his purpose he got straight to the point and made it very easy to
understand. It made you question the topic at hand.
Peer Review of Photo
Essay
1.
Does the narrative text provide enough
information for you to understand the argument of the photo series?
2.
How does the essay change with the rhetorical
strategies: ethos, pathos, logos?
a.
Both Amber and Sydney focus pathos but also
backing up the pathos with logos.
3.
Do the photos give you the sense of telling a
story or building up to something?
4.
Are the photos clear in their point of focus?
a.
Sydney has clear photos with a purpose. Amber
has clear photos that need to be put in a concise order to be effective.
5.
Do the captions support the pictures or do the
pictures support the captions?
a.
Sydney’s captions are the focus with information
and the pictures support the captions.
6.
Does the narrative help the reader understand
the essay better?
a.
Amber’s does help the reader understand the
essay in a new light. Sydney’s statement of purpose is a good start to her
narrative and will likely help the reader
7.
Does the essay make the reader think about the
topic more than once or do they just think about it once and move on (goes to
effectiveness of essay)?
a.
Both Amber and Sydney’s essays help make the
reader think about what it means to live on earth.
b.
Dominique did not have an essay to review at
this time, but will be ready for the due date
Synthesis Workshop:
People will do things
they would not normally do if encouraged and/or pressured by an authority
figure or a group. Ronald Jones, a high school history teacher, demonstrated to
his students their vulnerability to extreme obedience by subtly indoctrinating
them into something called the Third Wave. He began with simple commands such
as standing at attention in class and obeying stricter rules and eventually had
them squealing on those who didn't obey.
The experiment culminated in a rally in which Jones got students
"to salute and shout slogans on command" (208). This shows the vulnerability
and willingness of impressionable people to an authority figure to cause ostracization
of not conforming students. This willingness is also seen in Stanley Milgram’s
study. Milgram tested whether people would obey authority figures even to the
point of inflicting severe pain on another person (171). He told the
participants to “punish” the “learner” is they answered a question incorrectly,
and the punisher thought by pressing a button they would inflict electric
shocks to the “learner.” Milgram had expected that most people would not obey;
however, Milgram found that about 60 % of his subjects were fully obedient to
the point of inflicting 450 volts of electricity on another person (171-172).
Similarly, Doris Lessing describes an experiment in which a group of people
convinces one other person (the subject of the experiment) that something that is
not true really is. By exerting group
pressure on the subject, they convince him that two pieces of wood are the same
length when one can tell they are not just by looking at them (162-163).
Research has shown that people do act differently when pressure from a group or
authority is exerted one them. When the subject is in the place of power
himself or herself, such as Milgram’s experiment, they took liberties and
thought less of the person receiving the punishment. In the case of Jones’s
experiment, the students conformed to his ideas because of his authority over
them as a teacher. Clearly, people are impressionable to those in power and
groups for fear of rejection and/or punishment.
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