Part A
Journal #3-Thinking about Rhetorical Context
You must do parts A and B to get full credit
Due Sunday by 11:59pm
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Available Sep 18 at 12am – Oct 9 at 11:59pm
Introduction
To complete this journal assignment, first you will choose
one of the following speeches that interests you. You should listen and watch this speech closely because you will be discussing the speech’s rhetorical context.
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“What Streaming Means for the Future of Entertainment”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Emmett shear, co-founder of Twitch about why so many people watch other people play video games online
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“Are Athletes Really Getting, Faster. Better, Stronger?”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by David Epstein that attempts to answer questions about why contemporary athletes break so many records
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“My Identity is a Superpower–Not an Obstacle”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by America Ferrera, an actress famous for roles in
Ugly Betty,
Real Women Have Curves, and
Superstore about her early struggles to get cast as a Latina in Hollywood
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“Work Is Not Your Family”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Gloria Chan Packer, a mental health advocate, about the dangers of blurring lines between our professional and home lives
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“How Video Games Can Level Up the Way You Learn”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Kris Alexander about what educational design can learn from video games
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“When AI Can Fake Reality, Who Can You Trust?”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Sam Gregory, an expert in Artificial Intelligence, about the social challenges we face because of advanced generative AI.
Provide a brief analysis of your chosen speech. Specifically, you might address the following points of discussion:
1. Who is the
specific intended
audience of the piece? Discuss everything you can discern about the audience of the piece based
only on the content of the piece. How old are they? What is their worldviews? What are their education levels? Note that the intended audience extends beyond the people in the room.
2. What
agenda/ message/ purpose does the writer/ speaker have? Can you locate a single sentence in which the writer/ speaker articulates their overall purpose?
3. What are the limitations of the medium of this piece? In other words, what limitations exist in the fact that this is a
speech delivered with the option of including
visuals?
4. What might change if the
speech were, instead, a
magazine article or even a
podcast? In other words, what would this same message look like if it were being communicated in another medium?
Part B
Journal #3-Thinking about Rhetorical Context
·
Due Sunday by 11:59pm
·
Available Sep 18 at 12am – Oct 9 at 11:59pm
Introduction
To complete this journal assignment, first you will choose
one of the following speeches that interests you. You should listen and watch this speech closely because you will be discussing the speech’s rhetorical context.
·
“What Streaming Means for the Future of Entertainment”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Emmett shear, co-founder of Twitch about why so many people watch other people play video games online
·
“Are Athletes Really Getting, Faster. Better, Stronger?”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by David Epstein that attempts to answer questions about why contemporary athletes break so many records
·
“My Identity is a Superpower–Not an Obstacle”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by America Ferrera, an actress famous for roles in
Ugly Betty,
Real Women Have Curves, and
Superstore about her early struggles to get cast as a Latina in Hollywood
·
“Work Is Not Your Family”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Gloria Chan Packer, a mental health advocate, about the dangers of blurring lines between our professional and home lives
·
“How Video Games Can Level Up the Way You Learn”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Kris Alexander about what educational design can learn from video games
·
“When AI Can Fake Reality, Who Can You Trust?”Links to an external site. (opens in new window): a speech by Sam Gregory, an expert in Artificial Intelligence, about the social challenges we face because of advanced generative AI
Assignment
Provide a brief analysis of your chosen speech. Specifically, you might address the following points of discussion:
1. Who is the
specific intended
audience of the piece? Discuss everything you can discern about the audience of the piece based
only on the content of the piece. How old are they? What is their worldviews? What are their education levels? Note that the intended audience extends beyond the people in the room.
2. What
agenda/ message/ purpose does the writer/ speaker have? Can you locate a single sentence in which the writer/ speaker articulates their overall purpose?
3. What are the limitations of the medium of this piece? In other words, what limitations exist in the fact that this is a
speech delivered with the option of including
visuals?
4. What might change if the
speech were, instead, a
magazine article or even a
podcast? In other words, what would this same message look like if it were being communicated in another medium?
