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Analysis Of Why Funny Animal Videos Are Good For You

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In the text “Why Funny Animal Videos Are Good for You”, Elizabeth Heath uses a metaphor to explain the importance of taking time to do things for oneself. She says that watching funny animal videos can bring a person positive emotions, but also stress sympathy on them. The internet is such a vast platform that offers so much information. There is content that ranges from being informational to providing entertainment. However, this text Heath wrote for internet users during the coronavirus quarantine, discusses how something that may seem to be strictly for entertainment can have such a deeper meaning with the help of ethos and pathos.
Heath uses the scenario of watching funny animal videos to convey the importance of experiencing …show more content…

People were upset with the fact they were stuck inside all day, every day. Watching funny animal videos helped people experience a “mood boost” in such a dreadful time (Heath). This text uses lots of ethos to explain the importance of doing positive things. Heath includes the expertise from a vice chair of the Department of Psychology at a University, research psychologist, and a director of a cybersecurity firm, to increase the credibility of her piece. Heath herself is an accredited author as well. She is an award-winning blogger, has multiple high level degrees, and this argument was posted on the Washington Post’s online website. She also experienced the pandemic quarantine that started in …show more content…

Nick Lambe is a “director of GordAlex”, a cybersecurity firm in London (Heath). He acknowledges that the media can control what users see based on their previous viewings. Lambe even states that “the number of phishing scams during lockdown” has surged due to people “spending way more time online” (qtd. in Heath). For example, some scammers have the technology to show a cute and heartwarming animal video that may draw at-home viewers to donate to that cause. However, that money would be “in the hands of the bad guys” (qtd. in Heath). From data Lambe has observed, it is possible that emotions are influenced based on what users are exposed to. So even though it might seem as simple as watching a funny video to boost emotions, there is so much more that goes into that

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