Social Media Rhetorical Analysis

70 years ago, life was completely different. Many of the items we can’t live without today, such as the Internet, cellphones and music players were only fiction back then. The separation of generations that occurred after the end of World War 2 resulted in young people becoming more and more independent, thus developing their own different ways of living and playing a larger role in the economy and trends. Because of that, many styles and products were brought out specifically for teenagers, providing daily changes and improvements to their lives. Since the 50s-60s and 80s-90s, the teenagers' entertainment and appearance have changed dramatically with the introduction of new technology and modern worldviews. However, aspects such as social

When reading chapters seven and eight from Peggy Orenstein book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, it was interesting and yet horrifying to see it written out on paper. The chapter that really stuck out to me was chapter eight, Its all about the cape, was still the issue of girls and their weight. I know from growing up I have heard all about physical appearances and how it should be maintain in a healthy way. During my late high school days and even into early college days, going on diets was the newest trend and even television shows were participating in them. The latest gossip was about which diet people were on and who was going home on, The Biggest Loser. It was great that America wanted to start being healthy again, but by doing so we were

In the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and shot twenty-six people. Lanza was confirmed to be a player of violent video games. Violence in media can cause people to act aggressively and in inappropriate ways. For this reason, their exposure to violent movies, TV shows, and video games should be limited. People, especially children, reenact the media’s material, causing bullying, absent mindedness, and even school shootings. Violence on the internet, video games, movies, and TV has led to more aggression in people.

Kids these days are now to seem to be taking video games into the matter of their own hands. They are wanting to be like some of the violent characters in those video games. Like shoot a gun or rob someone or something. They just want to have the story of how you grow up as a wanted criminal, which is not tolerated by our country today. These video games are teaching our kids bad habits and that’s not good.

Activity theory, as interpreted by Ph.D. candidates, Wardle and Kain, is a process that attempts to see all aspects of activity such as social interactions and use of writing and language to achieve goals. This theory is award winning. Activity theory states that for a system to be effective, the rules, community, subject, division of labor, and motives must be reasonable. These components are shown through the chosen tool of communication most often. When one area of the system is corrupted, the tool will no longer function correctly in order to communicate or achieve its goals. Rhetorical analysis is also important for a determining if a tool is well functioning. This method helps to establish credibility, methods, and effectiveness of a

Violent video games have been blamed for everything from bullying to school shootings. Critics of these video games believe they cause people to commit violent acts in real life. These critics, mainly comprised of parents and other responsible adults, don’t agree with what the video games portray. Others say the video games cause less violence and are an outlet for anger and stress. Although violent video games have violent actions in them, teenagers should be able to play violent video games because there isn’t enough evidence to prove they make teens more aggressive, it could prevent violence, and violent video games are a fun and relaxing way to relieve stress and anger.

Social media is a very dangerous place that makes teens feel insecure. Teens spend more than one-third of their day on social media looking at stereotypical images of “perfect” bodies and people. As a result, they become insecure about themselves because they are not like the people in the pictures. The media states that a perfect person is skinny, tan, has shiny hair, straight teeth, and completely clear skin. However, because teens are going through a lot of physical changes they do not usually look like social media 's definition of perfect and they become insecure. Social media makes teenagehood harder by creating a stereotype of what a perfect body should look like, celebrating extremely thin, unhealthy

Over the last 10 years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of users on social networks. Not only do most people now communicate through texting rather than calling, the prevalence of social media is changing the way that humans communicate. In her essay, "I Had a Nice Time with You Tonight on the App”, Jenna Wortham demonstrates her optimism for the effects that social media has on relationships. Wortham argues that the connections mobile devices create can enhance communication between two or more people. On the contrary, some believe that this increase in technological communication can distance relationships in the long run. Sherry Turkle discusses these concerns in her essay, "No Need to Call” by incorporating others experiences

The documentary “Generation Like” opens American’s eyes to today’s youth’s problems concerning the internet. Technology has changed tremendously over the past fifteen years and today’s youth has changed with it. The morals and expectations of teens today has become different. Social media has transformed communication between people and made it easier for advertisers to reach a broad audience. As technology and ways to communicate change and improve our youth will be guinea pigs and test the waters.

This analysis paper examines Jenna Wortham’s article, “I Had a Nice Time with You Tonight. On the App,” which was published in the New York Times and discusses the impact that social media has on long distance and face-to-face relationships. The essay describes the relationship between two people who use or are looking to use online applications in order to keep their love life going. There are many relationships nowadays that become long distance due to job commitments, college, or even one if the other partner is traveling. Although Wortham mentions that a large presence on social media can be detrimental to one’s ability to have successful face-to-face interaction, she argues that “online applications aid in the establishment of stronger real-world connections”(Wortham, 2014, p. 2)

Over the last ten years, with the growth of technology and the Internet, social media websites gradually become more and more popular in society such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Nowadays, teenagers do not only use social media just talking with friends, but they also create social media as a place for them to discover information and express themselves. In fact, there are the number of teenagers who spend most of their time to post and check-in on Instagram. It is wondered whether social media has any negative effects on the individuals who use them usually. As the report “Instagram Is Killing Teen Girls’ Self-Esteem”, the author states that almost every girl teenager feels isolated and unsatisfied with what they have. Indeed, they

From each of the three readings, the authors of those readings had a purpose to what they want to discuss. Author Keith Grant-Davie who wrote, “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents”, clarifies the meaning, purpose, and importance of a rhetorical situation. John Dawkins wrote, “Teaching Punctuation as a Rhetorical Tool” explains the concept of grammar and punctuation being used as a rhetorical tool. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to show the audience his different rhetorical appeals being expressed in his letter. Each author presented a point that the students need to know to help them in writing; however the use of punctuation as a rhetorical tool is uneasy to understand, therefore to present knowledge and

Violet video games have been blamed for several young people killing students at school. Young people are not able to think like adults so they are easy to follow the wrong way of doing things like they see in video games. Other countries do not have the same problems because their laws are strict or their customs for punishing wrong doing is much harder. Some of the violent video games young people like to play are : Grand theft auto, Call to duty, and Assassin. These games show a lot of blood and people getting killed. I believe that not letting children, Teenagers, and young adults play violent video games would improve the life of all in the United States.

There are many studies on media violence and its social effects. Most of the studies have indicated that children who are exposed to media violence are more likely to exhibit violent and aggressive behaviors. As the child observes the violence, he/she is motivated by the fact that the show is enjoyable without realizing the violent behaviors. As a result, they copy and identify the behavior, and this has detrimental effects on their social life. According to Boxer et al., the content of the media has a direct impact on its audiences (420). Moreover, it triggers certain responses regarding attitude and behavior in the audience. Therefore, it is important to filter or rather watch out the king of media violence our children are exposed to at a tender age and as they grow

In our time, technology has become one of our essential things in life; specifically video games. Video games are electronic system used to run games. They involve human interaction specially teenagers. Many researches have been done on the effects of video games showing that there is positive and negative impacts.