In the following situations, you are trying to convince someone to join (or not join) a particular social media site (facebook, myspace, twitter, Google +, etc). Consider the audience, genre, and what rhetorical appeals would be most effective. Write a brief argument responding to the following situations.
A peer via text: If I were trying to get a peer to join a social media network through text. I would use tools such as peer pressure to try and get the person to join. Since the person is in the same age group as me I could use language that included abbreviations. I would use the logos rhetorical appeal because since the peer I would be trying to get to join the network would most likely have to same friends and be in the same social group. Therefore it would only be logical that this person should join too.
A professor in a face to face conversation: In this situation with my professor I would most likely be talking to him or her in a more formal matter. I would be talking in complete coherent sentences. For the pro side of joining the social network I would probably use the logos rhetoric appeal. This is because my reasoning would be that it is logical for the professor to be able to reach his or her students. But then I could say that through the ethos, it is not ethical for the professor to be socializing with his or her students.
A parent or family member by email: My audience would most likely be older than me and therefore I would most likely write complete sentences with proper punctuation in the email. Although it would not be a formal paper, it would still use real words with no abbreviations. For this situation I could use pathos, because I could try and convince them by saying don’t you want to keep in touch with me? This would draw out the emotional thoughts to my audience.
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