Response to Group Two's questions

On social media websites people seem confident and speak freely about whatever they want. Most of those people will type mean comments or try to influence the public on what they think is right. I call those people keyboard warriors. Keyboard warriors may be confident behind a computer screen but in real life they could be the quietest people on the planet. Keyboard warriors in real life may be perceived as the quiet and nervous person. Social media allows people to comment anonymously on other people’s webpage or profile. This allows people to step out of their comfort zone and say things that they normally would never dare to say in real life. Keyboard warriors in my opinion are a great example of separation between the way we express ourselves through social media and real life. Another example of separation would be the way we write and have a conversation with each other on social media platforms and real life. On the internet people tend to use slag words to minimize the letters they have to type. For example when someone wants to express laughter they use the slag term lol which stands for laugh out loud. In real life a person would just laugh to express laughter. Also when people talk to each other in real life nobody uses internet slag to communicate. Internet slag like lol is only used for chatting with another person on social media platforms.

             Social media uses the four rhetorical approaches to spread news which are argumentation, invitation, persuasion and storytelling. When social media presents a controversial topic it allows people to comment what they think and provide evidence creating an argument. Once two or more people have taken different claims people will use reason to explain their claim with evidence they have given. Also when controversial topics are posted people do not always use argumentation to tell their thoughts on the topic. People use invitation which allows people to comment their opinions and position on whatever the topic is. Invitation is used to clarify intentions. People also use the art of persuasion to change people’s views. People who try and persuade others use their logic and emotions against them. Using other people’s emotions against them could possibly manipulate them into joining what you believe in. Logic is used to make someone understand the persuader’s position. Sometimes when social media posts a news article on something heroic people start to tell stories. The stories people tell are fake but it allows people to give meaning to whatever they are talking about. People envision themselves as a certain character and they usually end up saving the day.

             When I was in high school my English teacher made the class do a presentation that had to be presented to both of her English classes. My presentation was about how climate change effects the earth. Each class asked me different questions about climate change. I realized I had to think about how to respond to each question because each audience was different. My English class was easy going on me and did not really care on what kind of answer I gave them. However, the other English class I presented to asked me very hard questions and even if I gave them a correct answer the students continued to go in depth with what they wanted to know. I realized that I had to tell them everything about what they were asking instead of a strait forward answer. This situation was very challenging and forced me to analyze the audience and respond with an answer satisfying the student who asked the question.