3 Questions

In the papers it is possible to be biased will that be part of the grade?
Will the papers be marked down if the papers are longer than three pages?
Does the information that is cited in the video need to b cited in the paper or is the citation of the video god enough?

Obama Video

Plagiarism Precis

In the article "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age" (2010) by Trip Gabriel he implies that due to modern technology plagiarism in schools are on the rise. He uses examples and studies from reliable sources to support his thesis. Min order to emphasize the point of how common plagiarism is many different professionals are quoted on the subject. The article is meant for to he used by teachers and students so the serious problem of plagiarism could be brought to their attention so it can be prevented.

Occupy Art Image

The picture is one example of visual rhetoric. The first thing that grabs my attention is the use of the Lion King characters. The use of the destroyed land in the image is used to reinforce a strong message. The message is that the we need to take care of the land that we live on because if we don't it could look like this. The important part of the picture is the use of the characters from Lion King. The scene from Lion King that the image is immitating is early in the movie and people will remember that when Mufasa talks to Simba about the land it is beautiful but this picture shows the land destroyed. The use of the black colors in the image stand out and have an important meaning. The black colors show that the land is destroyed and was not taken care of. The use of the color is also important because it directs the attention of the viewer. The bright color of the animals first grabs the attention but as the viewer looks at the black part they would notice that the land is destroyed. The text that is used in the image is an original quote from the Lion King movie. It says,"one day, son, this will all be yours...". These words affect the viewer if they have seen the movie because those words remind them of the scene in which all the land was still beautiful but in the picture all the land is destroyed. With all the emphasis on the destroyed land they are trying to get an important message across. That message is that if we don't take care of the earth while we can it will be a world no one will want. This is what provides the pathos for the picture. The destroyed land affects people emotionally. Those elements make good use of the visual rhetoric so it can appeal to people.

Analyzing Visual Rhetoric

On top of the speeches that were given two videos were also played to help gain more voters. When watching the video before Romney's speech what stood out to me was the use of the olympic athletes. With the recent end of the summer olympics in london a lot of people were still in the mood of cheering on their country. So when it said how he helped with the winter olympics that were held in the united states a lot of people could rally behind him. But in Obama's speech what stood out to me was how he used the videos of him shaking the workers hands. This stood out because I saw it as an attempt to appeal to the common working class person. I think that for Obama what was more improtant was that he was appealing to be a president that stood for the common worker. While Romney what seemed to be important in the video was that he used thefact that while a govenor he kept all his promises and made his state better. But each video how the part that could've been left out because it wasn't important. the least important part in my opinion for each video was the same. It was the use of their marriage and home lives that was the least important. With all visual campaigning the color choice is very important and since it is for the presidency the obvious choice is to use the colors red white and blue. Throughout the  video Obama and Romney are placed in the center of the shot to be the focal point of the people watching. In the videos the use of text are to emphasize the important facts. Those facts were to back up the overall argument of the video. In Obama's video it was that he would do what is right even if it's at the cost of his image. But Romney took a more direct approach and used facts to emphasize his previous success and show that they could be applied on a large scale to the whole United States.

Michele Obama and Ann Romney Speech Response

Michelle Obama and Ann Romney both had speeches that had important messages. Although the speech each given had a dfferent purpose I found that they each shared some similarities. By being the fist lady I think that was all the ethos that was needed for her. Her many stories about poverty also helped with the ethos of her speech allowing people to relate to her stories and decide the credability for themselves. What her speech wasn't lacking was the pathos. She used all of the time talking about the problems that affect most people to appeal to their emotions. Ann Romney had a very similar speech to  Michelle Obama hitting some of the same points. She uses the pathos in her speech to show her motherly and nurturing side. Being a speech primarily used to promote their husbands as a presidential candidates makes me think that it is not their job to have all the ethos and logos in their speech so those shouldn't be the basis of what they are judged by. Not being very political I found that each speech when looked at with  the bias of a predetermined political standing made the presidential candidates each stand out as the only choice. Though with the lacking of the logos portion of their speeches this has no major significance in the choices that should be made. My thoughts on the speech was that it was to gain face with the voters to open their eyes more to the candidate in which they should choose.

Choices 2.0 chapter 3

Chapter 3 is centered around the idea of supporting the ideas presented in your thesis. Hardin shows many diferent ways to be credible when it comes to writing something. Each of the methods that can be used to establish credability and have a specific method for them to work. What is sugested is that no one method of establish credability with your reader is enough and should be combined with other forms to make what you say believable. The way that the information is presened in the chapter is a good way to demonstrate the methods that are taught. The author makes use of his own credability and builds off of that to develop a relationship in which the reader believes what is said.

The end of forgetting

I think that the article was very good and opened my eyes to new views. I have always put no information on any pages except what is required to access the website. The article shows how easy it is to access the information about someone. When it uses the example about how netflix and other websites use what has been accessed to determined what could interest you. When the article says how some people have been fired from their job because of posts on facebook that is wrong. The service that they have for people to erase their online identity is a good tool. When the job requires a background check for people to get a job They should have a separation of what happens at work and what happens at home. Sometimes a background check of facebook could help because it could show that a person is unemployable because the use of drugs and alcohol.