Evaluation of Rhetorical Situations
In this blog post, I am going to evaluate three different sources on their rhetorical situations. I will do this by analyzing the author/speaker, audience, and context with the help of the Student's Guide.
Sugar substitutes: Health controversy over perceived benefits
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Author/Speaker [What can you figure out about who the author/speaker is, what their credentials are, what they do, where they live, etc.?]
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Audience [Who does the primary audience for this act of public speech seem to be? How would you describe them? How can you tell the message is intended for them?]
The primary audience for this act of public speech seems to be for the general public. The audience's values and needs could be specifically about finding out information about sugar consumption or just someone who is looking in a magazine article. I thought this kind of information message is intended for them because it is written casually and not too formally. The topic is introduced, and there are many subheadings that make it easy for the common man to know what they will be reading about.
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Context [What do you know about the information asked for in the bulleted list on Student’s Guide pages 180?]
The date of publication is 2011 October through December, and it was published through Science Direct, a science database article website. This means that the article needs to be informational and be appropriate for students and adults all over the board. The events of the increase of obesity could have shaped the authors views. The audiences response could be shock because they did not realize the serious impact of sugar on their well being. The event occurring around this article are also the obesity rates increasing, cardiovascular disease, as well as other health issues due to the high consumption of sugar in our diets. Also, his other texts relate because they are also about nutrition. |
| B, Hebi. "Sugar Trickle Spoon Cutlery Sweeteners Sweet" 8/26/14 via pixabay. CC0 Public Domain License. |
Sugar Isn't Evil: A Rebuttal
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Author/Speaker [What can you figure out about who the author/speaker is, what their credentials are, what they do, where they live, etc.?]
David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP is the founding Director of the Yale Prevention Research Center; President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Childhood Obesity; Chief Science Officer for NuVal LLC; and director of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital. A clinician, researcher, author, inventor, journalist, and media personality. He also has won many awards and recognitions for his hard work and excellence in medicine. The author values the idea of tasting sweet things. He says, "We like sweet because mammals who like sweet are more apt to survive than mammals who don't. Period." He seems very adamant that sugar is key for our survival, and it is in moderation.
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Audience [Who does the primary audience for this act of public speech seem to be? How would you describe them? How can you tell the message is intended for them?]
The audience is the general public. Specifically, it is an audience who loves sugar because he is saying that sugar is good for them. However, he seems to direct it more towards the people that are against sugar. The text assumes that everyone thinks that sugar is "evil", but the author disagrees.
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Context [What do you know about the information asked for in the bulleted list on Student’s Guide pages 180?]
Does Everyone Consume Sugar Drinks?
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Author/Speaker [What can you figure out about who the author/speaker is, what their credentials are, what they do, where they live, etc.?]
The author is Public Health which is an Association of Schools of Public Health; it is the science of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease and injury prevention. However, I could not find any additional information about the blogger. If it was another author, it could have been written in more of an article form. This author basically just informed us about a graph of the consumption of sugar. The author values all people being aware of health. They care about the general public.
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Audience [Who does the primary audience for this act of public speech seem to be? How would you describe them? How can you tell the message is intended for them?]
The primary audience for this is the general public. Specifically, it is an audience that would like to know more information about the sugar consumption. Perhaps, it is someone who wants some reassurance that they are not the only sugary soda addict. The text assumes that there are people that are unaware of people's consumption of sugar in drinks.
A short evaluative paragraph about the text’s Context [What do you know about the information asked for in the bulleted list on Student’s Guide pages 180?]
This post was posted 3 years ago. The social media blogging site, Tumblr, is used to convey the message. This appeals to more people than a newspaper because more adolescents tend to use social media than read the newspaper. People's consumption of sugar increasing over the years could have influenced the creation of this post. Many people in America drink soda on a regular basis, and they consume their calories this way. The background of the audience and this article could be that they are avid soda pop drinkers which is bad for their health.
Reflection
I read Olivia Wann's and Jon Wirtzfeld's blog posts. It appears to me that we all elaborated on the rhetorical articles in the same way. We all developed our author, audience, and context. To a point, I think that I overelaborated compared to them, but Jon elaborated A LOT on the authors. It is evident that he put in extra time to research the social media of the authors. However, I think that I provided a lot more information on the credibility of the authors in a scholarly manner because I listed all of their qualifications. Honestly, I had no interest in either of their topics. I probably would never read any of the articles that they selected just because it is not a topic of interest for me.
The most interesting rhetorical evaluation was the Sugar isn't evil article because it argued from a different yet professional perspective defending sugar and why humans crave it. The least dynamic source was the last one with the graph about who drinks sugary drinks. Although it's a nice visual to see who and what kind of people are drinking sugary drinks it doesn't say much or give enough emphasis to it. All together it was a good evaluation of sources.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting article for me was the Sugar Substitutes one mainly because the author is from the Department of Pharmacology in India. The least dynamic source was the last one because it didn't give that much important information on your topic. Nice job with everything!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite article was "Sugar isn't evil", for a variety of reasons. First, David Katz's resume is very impressive, and makes me very comfortable reading a piece from him. Since all are directed at a similar audience, I think Katz (who is also a media personality) would have the best voice to read from. Finally, the context (Huffington post) is likely the best for general public reading, as it's a site directly suited to general engagement. Well done post, all three are solid sources!
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