Trouble in Paradise

(Bali)

British journalist, Alex Finnis gives traveling advice in Indonesia after an earthquake hits the country. Reading through the article it appears his main persuasive tools to help determine whether people should travel is his use of pathos and logos. He begins stating facts, that while true, may promote fear in those who had previously wished to visit. While being logical, he puts fear in the minds of readers.  Besides talking about the earthquake, he also mentions Indonesia containing multiple volcanoes, which "can erupt with little or no warning" (Finnis). By using these horrific facts, he appears to encourage readers to avoid a trip to Indonesia for the time being.

Source: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/bali-travel-advice-indonesia-safe-earthquake-tsunami-volcano-eruption-palu-sulawesi-lombok-gili-islands-latest/
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Journalism Gone Wrong

https://archives.cjr.org/essay/the_rhetoric_beat.php

I actually found an article where a journalist was writing about how journalism needs to be changed so that was a little interesting. He was talking about the 9/11 attacks and how they were portrayed in different articles by journalist. They all used the rhetoric strategy of wording their titles to “describe the attacks in the language of war, rather than as a criminal act” (Brent Cunningham). They made the U.S believe that we needed to go to war to defend ourselves because they thought that it was more than just an act of terrorism. By wording their titles like this it drew more people in and it made more people support the decision to send several soldiers over to Iraq.

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Facebook vs Instagram

http://stefanvyoak.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-rhetorical-analysis-of-instagram.html

Two of the most commonly use social media networks are Facebook and Instagram and they each have their own unique way of sharing news. Facebook actually uses the rhetoric strategy of quality over quantity. They have started sharing less content on facebook which forces them “to only share the best of the best content” because they have limited amount of space (Brian Peters). Instagram on the other hand uses pictures to appeal to people because a lot of people will see pictures or videos of famous people and click on them to read about what they are doing. Instagram makes it very “easy to spend hours scrolling through photos” (Stefan V. Yoak).

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Hiding Fake News Goes a Long Way

https://www.statesman.com/news/20181021/6-rhetorical-devices-that-have-served-trump-well

The most common theme between people who create fake news is the way they word their sentences. They word them in a way that appeals to the audience and takes away from the fact that it is fake news. For instance one type of rhetoric strategy people use is called Ad baculum. The word itself is Latin for an appeal to force and it means exactly that. When people are frustrated they tend to want to lash out so “threats of force help to channel existing frustration & direct it at enemies” (Jonathan Tilove). I never realized that even people like Donald trump use this strategy in their everyday life. In fact a lot of people say using this strategy may have been why he won his presidential campaign.

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