The death of Princess Diana was an event which shocked the world. Many grieved for her death and sent prayers to the Royal Family while wondering how the event occurred. Throughout the next few days, many news articles and speeches were released about her death, and some were more effective than others. Four articles stand out, and out of the four only two are believed to be rhetorically effective. The first article is a new article written by BBC. The article they wrote is not rhetorically effective because of all the missing components. The BBC article is written in the organizational method of narration. The method of organization is extremely obvious since the author is not making any connection with the audience just stating facts. BBC states in their article, "Diana, Princess of Wales, has died after a car crash in Paris" (BBC np). The author is too formal and does not give any emotion throughout the paper. Since the connection with the audience is lacking, part of the rhetorical triangle is missing making the article ineffective. The audience part of the triangle relates to pathos, and since the thought of audience is missing from the article pathos is not present. Despite the fact many things are missing in the article, logos and ethos are present. BBC establishes ethos because they are a new station, and people trust the news and what they say. Logos is established through the article because the wording is very straightforward in delivering facts about the
This essay is about how connotation, rhetoric, bias effect an article. The article that I chose for this essay is the LA Times article, “Trump and FDR: Meet the new fears, same as the old fears,” by Ali Swenson. The articles two main points are that Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald Trump appeal to what people want to do about current issues; and that eople are going against Muslims now the same way that people went against the Japanese in WWII.
The final video, “Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening”, was the most entertaining and provided the best demonstration of the use of rhetorical strategies in our daily news. We see commonplace activities being put in the news, and the use of certain words, objects or people to elicit a response or persuade the viewer to see the situation in a particular light. This final video showcases
In 1960, American journalist and politician Clare Boothe Luce speaks to journalists at the Women’s National Press Club. She brings up the topic of integrity. Not only does integrity affect journalists, but also the media as a whole. From the beginning, she is straightforward with the audience, she is going to give them hell. She goes on to say that everyone in the audience will be revolted, but should listen through. This prepares the room full of female journalists to feel attacked by her criticisms of the American press. Luce argues that integrity needs to be restored in the media, to do this she appeals to their values while using a defensive tone along with a positive one, while also creating
The article that wikipedia has about princess Diana is no different. It was made to inform the public about the event of her death. It like the eulogy, uses logos to prove the article to be trustworthy by giving specific and accurate description of the accident. It contained statements such as “On 31 August 1997 Diana was involved in a car accident in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris, along with her new lover Dodi Al-Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul.” (Wikipedia entry for Princess Diana)This gives the full names of all the people in the car as well as the exact road they were driving on when the crash occurred, proving that the article is strictly factual. As well as that, it included a controversy to prove that every point of view has been explored. Along with that, the article displays a hint of ethos by using information from trustworthy sources such as Earl Spencer speaking about Diana’s burial site and information from Mohamed Al-Fayed about Diana's possible pregnancy. With the combination of accurate factual informations and making the audience feel like what they read comes from a reliable source, those put together makes for a very strong
“Violent Media is Good for Kids” is an article which makes many claims to support the argument that a controlled amount of violence could be good for a developing child. Even though this article is controversial the claims serve to support the argument. Throughout the analyzing process logos, ethos, and pathos are searched for and scrutinized. The rhetorical strategies are what makes a paper effective or not. In this case the author uses, what I believe, is just the correct amount of each and fulfills his goal for writing the article. Although this article is written more as a story it still provides information backing up the argument.
Each decade has it’s own defining events. The 1960s had the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the 1950s had the first people to ever reach the top of Mount Everest, and the 1940s had the infamous World War Two. But no decade in the twentieth century, other than the 1930s, has had one sole event define its entirety. This event was the Great Depression. Beginning in 1929, the Great Depression was present in every aspect of society from the richest CEO to the poorest pauper. Although the Great Depression dampened the American mood, it created a desire for security and stability in the United States while ultimately uniting the country politically through aspirations of reformation, economically through expanding Social Darwinism,
Comparing two newspaper articles, one from a tabloid and one from a broadsheet will convey the different techniques that tabloids and broadsheets use to present stories. Media in general, aim to inform and interest the audience which consist of many different types. Diverse emotions and ideas are created by the media; foremost tabloids. Tabloids are papers like ‘The Sun’, ‘The Mirror’, ‘The Daily Mail’, ‘The Express’ and ‘The Star’. In contrast to these are broadsheets like ‘The Times’, ‘The Guardian’ and ‘The Daily Telegraph’. Broadsheets are often known as the ‘quality press’ being more informing and formal in the manner they convey information and news stories.
What makes you want to watch the news? Is it the credibility and trustworthiness of the reporter, the emotion the story holds, or the logic and evidence the channel you are watching uses to get their point across? No matter what news channel you are watching, the reason you are watching is probably one the three listed above. These three things are actually all connected in a triangle called the “Rhetorical Situation”, where each is equally important and used in argument enhancement. The goal of my paper is to is to explain how, why, and when news channels like CNN, MSN, and FOX NEWS, use the three modes of persuasion to sell an argument.
The article "Mind Over Mass Media" by Steven Pinker uses logos, ethos, pathos, and other rhetorical elements to effectively communicate that mass media is a positive development and is not a reason for panic. The first noticeable rhetorical element in Pinker’s essay is the presence of a rhetorical triangle. A rhetorical triangle is made up of a rhetor, the audience, and the rhetor’s purpose. In this essay Steven Pinker is the rhetor because is the one trying to make a point to the audience. The audience is the reader of the article who is listening to the rhetor. Finally, the text or point the rhetor is trying to make is that e effects of mass media are not a cause for panic. In fact mass media is an effective way for humans to keep up with the modern age. The clearly defined rhetorical triangle in Steven Pinker’s essay is a surface level example of rhetorical elements in the text.
This article indicates how epideictic rhetoric and demonstration may be correlative in a general-interest newspaper framed as onefold address produced by a corporate author. The validity of the approach is dual. In the terms of trope, to detect the flexibility epidemic rhetoric to journalistic discourse; and in the field of journalism studies, the target is to absorb the theory of epideictic rhetoric so that improve the conceptualized of the property of controversy in the newspaper. At the stage of genre, invention and reality find their respective equivalents in the story and the newspaper. Fiction as genre meets its
Accidents happen everyday. Some people die as a result of them, and some people miraculously survive. This was not the case for Diana Spencer, the Princess of Wales. The People’s Princess lost her life in a hospital after initially surviving a car crash in Paris attempting to escape the paparazzi. There were global memorials and millions mourning Diana -- it was apparent that the world had lost a greatly loved figure (Biography.com Editors). However, questions arose in the grief process. Fans of Diana scouted for a different reason for her death; they accused the royal family of plotting the death of their beloved princess. Given certain relationships between Diana and different family members, the theory seems to be credible. While its credibility
A Comparison of Two Newspaper Articles In this coursework 'B' I would be comparing two news articles from two different sources. This coursework will be divided into three parts. The background and context, the view of both articles i.e. use of languages, headlines, quotes used e.t.c the last part will be my opinion and the conclusion.
Princess Diana of Wales was killed in a car accident in Paris, France in 1997. She was divorced from England’s Prince Charles and a mother to Princes William and Harry. In her life, she was known for her philanthropy and her marriage with the Prince. The accident was known around the world and many newspapers and news programs wrote articles about the late Princess’s death. The Queen of England and Princess Diana’s brother Lord Spencer spoke about the Princess in a televised speech and her eulogy at the funeral service.
New evidence was found that makes authorities question her death, it was a letter found that stated “…it was the XXX who arranged Princess Diana’s death that has been covered up…” (Farrell para 8). Even though this new evidence has many questioning the past, it was discovered that the letter was manipulated with before the authorities retrieved it. In the discovery of the letter those that have heard of the situation have mixed feeling depending on their perception of the situation. While those who did not agree with the original agreement of an accidental death in the past will be more likely to believe the letter is real. While those that accepted her death as an accident would be more likely to try and disprove the letter. Not only are facts being found daily, facts from the past are also being disproved.
Princess Diana was a very devoted woman, she always saw the good in everyone and always tried to help anyone in need, anyway she could. Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles in 1981 and became known as Princess Diana. “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.” - Princess Diana. As an adored member of the Royal Family, Princess Diana broke barriers of royal protocol, was one of the biggest fashion icons of the world, and will be remembered through her legacy.