Throughout Too much Facebook, An exploratory explanation of social media fatigue I saw that the organization of the article had a negative effect on their paper because it confuses the reader. It makes the research paper notes as strong nor interesting.One example is when they say the definition of what is social media fatigue in the first paragraph. Later on paragraph 1.2 it defines it again. This makes this article redundant with what it 's trying to say. In their articles the use of statistics was something that was good. When people see numbers it’s a good way to get the people 's attention. People react faster to numbers then when you try to explain it to them.
A rhetorical strategy the authors of this paper used were ethos. Throughout their paper they said that if they stay online for a long time they 're going to back away from it. This is something obvious. People are going to get bored from using a lot of social media. Throughout their paper they also tried logos. They used quotes from other people to back up what they were saying. For example they used the quote “the degree to which a person believes that using a particular system would be free of effort.” This quote was from Davis (1989) but we don 't’ know if this person is credible or not.In their paper they also used Ethos by having an
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In their article the authors put important information that was interesting but they didn’t go in debt over those part. For example psychologists have linked text messaging with depression and anxiety among college students. This was something they say that was interesting to me but they didn’t explain how these two things are linked. Another thing that the authors are lacking in are that they didn’t have a theses they started to write about how Facebook was the biggest social media site people visited. They should 've write a thesis because it explains to the reader what their going to talk about and since they didn’t do that I started to get confused from the
Statistics are not only evidence of the research that author did for this essay, but also a link for readers to start listen to him. If a reader saw the numbers and agreed that it is as critical as the author wrote, that would at least
Social media has created the popularity of many meaningless relationships diminishing the number of true connections among people. The author used the point-by-point organizational style for her essay. This can be seen the clearest in paragraphs
The authors also use statistics which shows they have done their research. This allows the audience to believe this article is a reliable
Ethos is equivalent to credibility. Waldinger clearly makes his audience believe what he says by explaining surveys which lead to really strong data. He also states several different quotes by Marc Twain, which provided important pieces of evidence and different perspectives to his speech. Waldinger also states different research facts building a stronger main point. Lastly, he explains one of the oldest and longest study ever, The Harvard study.
Time To Stop Hooking Up,” By Donna Freitas is a very interesting and relatable article to students in College. This article is very persuasive, as to many of the things the author points out are indeed true. It’s a must read article, and will easily catch your attention, it proposes how hooking up is the norm, there should be more dating involved, feelings of college students. Why is hooking up considered a regular thing in college?
Finally, Pearl uses ethos by using credible sources to strengthen the appeal of the article. Multiple times Pearl uses facts/statistics from many sources, much like Eric Holthaus who stated that, “Phoenix 's summer weather will be on average 3 to five degrees hotter by 2050.” (Holthaus) when talking to mike. Pearl also uses sources such as, ³ “The average number of 100 degree days will have skyrocketed by almost 40, to 132…” as a way to show credibility.
1. Summarize the author’s main argument? Salvador Rodriguez's main argument on In the Digital Age, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, he indicate that all forms of social media gathers our information even if we don't want them to. It lets us to reflect on ourselves and think about whether or not we really need to give out all our information to the public.
The ability for people to look at a situation from a different perspective is vital in today’s globalized society. Diversity is the most important, core attribute we each share that gives us the ability to assess new situations through our diverse backgrounds and upbringings. Unlike Patrick J. Buchanan’s argument in his essay titled “Deconstructing America,” diversity is a necessity in America’s culture as opposed to the burden it is described as. Conversely, Fredrickson 's essay titled “Models of American Ethnic Relations: A Historical Perspective,” illustrated a more precise version of American history that disproves Buchanan’s ethnocentric ideologies. Buchanan speaks of diversity on a narrow, one-way street.
Steele also uses statistics in his writing to gain credibility with his audience to show how the issue has changed by giving truthful statistical facts. Steele does this when he writes “By the 1970s more
He uses statistics to make his article logical, while projecting given evidence to his point. She gives statistics like when she states “Seventy thousand students eventually took part” (Gladwell, 2010, paragraph 6) and uses scholarly references. Scholarly references are a type of reference written by professionals who are experts on the field. She gives scholarly references such as Stanford Sociologist Doug McAdam (Gladwell, 2010, paragraph 12), sociologist Mark Granovetter (Gladwell, 2010, paragraph 16), he uses these sociologist because he wants to give to her article an objective view even though he does not accomplish this.
In her essay, “I Had a Nice Time with you Tonight, on the app,” Jenna Wortham believes that social media apps are a helpful way to connect. Wortham swears by apps and is grateful that she can communicate with her boyfriend who is three thousand miles away. Yet some may challenge the view that Social Media apps are a reliable and effective method of communicating, Sherry Turkle stresses people are substituting online communication for face-to-face interaction. Although Turkle may only seem of concern to only a small group of people, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about the negative effects social media can have on people. In her eyes, nothing can replace person-to-person communication.
He uses data from a few researchers to draw his conclusions on how Facebook affects people's behavior. Although his findings are specific to Facebook, the content can still be applied to other facets of social media, which is why this article is so
The Use of Social Networking Nowadays, we are living under decent technology and it has changed a lot of things: Entertainment, communication, and relationship; economy, education, and habit; medical, political and cultural etc. Social media has allowed us to interact with many more people other than we are used to before. We are living in a world where people would rather use text message with their mobile phone than face-to-face to each other, share greeting with more than hundreds of friends on the social media such as upload how they feel on Facebook, show photo Instagram, and what they are doing with Snapchat.
INFORMATION Social media has to be one of the greatest developments of human history. It has connected humanity like never before. It has changed the way that people do business, with companies providing their own social media accounts to interact in real time with customers. We can quickly see what’s going on in our communities and around the world.
Thirty years ago, the concept of social media would have seemed impossible. A place where a person can show everyone they know what they are doing in two seconds from any city seems insane. Today, it is the daily ritual of the average teenager, including myself. I start my mornings looking at Instagram and end my nights looking at Snapchat. The middle of the day is for YouTube.