Note: The song is called, "Summertime Record" by Jin and it's about a group of kids who have to go out into the adult world. At the end of the song the lead character is alone, but he still remembers his friends so in a way the song and video is saying we keep our friends with us even if they've all moved on or have passed on.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Intro video
Note: The song is called, "Summertime Record" by Jin and it's about a group of kids who have to go out into the adult world. At the end of the song the lead character is alone, but he still remembers his friends so in a way the song and video is saying we keep our friends with us even if they've all moved on or have passed on.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Blog #1
First off I acknowledge that Shauf wrote her article in 2001. Since then, the internet has changed drastically. I'm a bit biased, as I've grown up using the internet for most of my life and have spent most of my life online. This is mostly due to the fact that technology today is extremely invasive in our real lives. Its starting to be problemtic to escape from email, Facebook, etc. as new devices and technology are created to deliver information and send communication to anyone with a phone or computer at any moment of the day.
It might be because of the invasive nature of technology in my everyday life that I fail to fully understand Shauf's argument. What I took away from the article was that there was a type of rhetoric missing, but it felt like she avoided explaining what the rhetoric was exactly. It sounds like she wants people to create arguments with video, GIFs, audio clips, etc. to move an audience to do something (or react to something). Isn't this what most web sites already do now? Some try to sell you things, others try to keep you informed or debunk myths/gossip, others try to provide you with cheap entertaiment, and the list goes on. Perhaps my best example would be the TedTalks channel on Youtube that brings a speaker onstage to talk about something important to the speaker. The speaker usually uses videos, pictures, and audio to help keep the audience engaged with their presentation. Therefore, isn't this part of the missing rhetoric Shauf is talking about? The speaker has credibility (logos) because they are experts on their topic. They usually find ways to make their speech humorous which usually helps them win over the audiences trust (pathos). Lastly, the speaker places a value on the thing they are talking about and conveys why the audience needs to care about the topic (ethos).
I'm sorry if I'm too confused, or hung up on this. Shauf sounds overly critical of technology and I'm wondering if I don't understand what her idea of rhetoric is, or if I'm thinking too narrowly. Is she saying there needs to be a place on the internet where people, for example, get on Skype and throw questions and arguments back at each other like Socrates and Gorgias did in our other reading? Except in the modern digital rhetoric they're allowed to throw GIFs and sound files to help with their arguments instead of simply talking back and forth?
It might be because of the invasive nature of technology in my everyday life that I fail to fully understand Shauf's argument. What I took away from the article was that there was a type of rhetoric missing, but it felt like she avoided explaining what the rhetoric was exactly. It sounds like she wants people to create arguments with video, GIFs, audio clips, etc. to move an audience to do something (or react to something). Isn't this what most web sites already do now? Some try to sell you things, others try to keep you informed or debunk myths/gossip, others try to provide you with cheap entertaiment, and the list goes on. Perhaps my best example would be the TedTalks channel on Youtube that brings a speaker onstage to talk about something important to the speaker. The speaker usually uses videos, pictures, and audio to help keep the audience engaged with their presentation. Therefore, isn't this part of the missing rhetoric Shauf is talking about? The speaker has credibility (logos) because they are experts on their topic. They usually find ways to make their speech humorous which usually helps them win over the audiences trust (pathos). Lastly, the speaker places a value on the thing they are talking about and conveys why the audience needs to care about the topic (ethos).
I'm sorry if I'm too confused, or hung up on this. Shauf sounds overly critical of technology and I'm wondering if I don't understand what her idea of rhetoric is, or if I'm thinking too narrowly. Is she saying there needs to be a place on the internet where people, for example, get on Skype and throw questions and arguments back at each other like Socrates and Gorgias did in our other reading? Except in the modern digital rhetoric they're allowed to throw GIFs and sound files to help with their arguments instead of simply talking back and forth?
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