Other blogs

I chose Willhillv and AJ’s blog post to compare them in a rhetorical analysis perspective. They both talk about identity, safety, and privacy on their blogs. Willhillv is talking about friends and being safe on the Internet, while AJ wrote about cyberbullying on the Internet. Being safe on the Internet is a key theme in both posts.

 As I read the posts I saw that pathos and ethos were used but in a different way for each.  For Will’s post the writing was perceived as a fun, interacting tone. This is because he talks about facebook, which is a social site, and it is something that everyone in this nation knows and actually has first hand contact with. Even though he does talk about a serious matter that is safety and people should be careful about what they write on their posts, the tone is not as serious as AJ’s blog.

AJ’s blog on the other hand talks about a worldwide problem that has to deal with the actual human being’s emotions and life. As she talks about cyberbullying she makes a point about a specific story of a girl that posted pictures of herself and negative comments are said about her. Sadly, this is like an epidemic that is taking the lives of innocent people.  The reader of this blog knows that and their emotions are sympathetic to those stories.

The way that Will tries to make the reader see how being safe on facebook is crucial is by using some of his own stories that he has lived through. This will show credibility to the reader in which they will probably act and make their own facebook safer.

Both blogs seem to have an impact on each reader. Their message is conveyed and understood. Mainly, safety and privacy are the big topics in both blogs.  The reader’s emotions are aware of the reading and understand what the writer is trying to explain about the topic they chose.