Reflecting on the work I've done thus far this semester I have come across a few challenges while composing my web text. With our web text, we are supposed to identify a subject, locate two issues within our topic, and research our questions. To add to this I've participated in a number of class discussions to explore several options and ways to make sure our rhetorical choices are good choices and not just a faux pas, sort of speak. While doing this I have run into a few challenges, much of them being in my tone and language, also trying to stay focused on the topic at hand.
One of them being the tone I have with the audience. I didn't want to come up short on the entertainment with those I am targeting. I realized the psychological effects of advertising may not be exciting to my readers, so I figured out a way to watch the tone of my web text. I decided that I wanted to inform but also be relatable when describing advertising; therefore I used cultural meaning in my writings to help relate to my audience, alluding back to cultural aversions such as Facebook and twitter.
I also wanted to make sure the language of my writing was informative and entertaining, that many call "infotainment", my goal is to not persuade necessarily what the reader thinks about advertising on television and in magazine but to give them a broader scope on to actually what they're looking at when the watch television whether it is an actual advertisement or a show and even when they read. To overcome this problem of language, I used many quotes from profound philosophers in the field of advertisement and psychology.
Once again, my goal is to inform so I felt it was necessary to quote and paraphrase experts in the field, while watching my tone of course. Writing in my journal entries definitely helped along the writing process of the web text. I felt that my proposal was a huge help, it kept me in line for what my goal of my research leading to my web text was about. The topic definition helped me as well providing a purpose to the paper and also key questions I should be answering. To overcome my fear of going off topic and not being able to fully express my views on advertising, I use the topic definition as a guideline as well because I feel like if I've answered all questions posed and even newer ones that have and may have arisen then I have completed my goal.
In the end, I will overcome these rhetorical challenges by incorporating all I have done, as far as, the classroom discussions, topic definition, blogging, research and writing; into a well outlined web text that will vividly display an accurate knowledge in tone, language, and style by not only selecting fonts, colors, and images but by using "infotainment" to make sure my audience understands and can relate to what I want them to hear and know.
No comments:
Post a Comment