WEEK 2, COLUMN 2
Speaker:
The speaker is Meghan Daum. By writing this article, Daum is inferred to be involved with modern day society. This is evident in the article because she discusses the evolution of technology and the changing social norms in our everyday lives.
Occasion:
Oxford English Dictionary has officially added the word, "selfie" into their dictionary and announced it to be their "Word of the Year." In this article, Daum writes about the evolution of the word throughout our everyday lives. She relates this "apocalyptic change" as another excuse for narcissism to be displayed.
Audience:
Daum is probably trying to connect with the adolescents and the mid-aged adults. She draws in the adolescents with her talks about the "Selfie" but as she progresses onto politics, she is reaching out to connect with the older audience.
Purpose:
The purpose of this article is to entertain and enlighten the audience about how the modern world quirks can become, "apocalyptic" as Daum states in her. She writes about how a little piece of society can blow out of proportion and cause disruption in places as big and influential as the Democratic National Convention.
Subject:
In the article, Daum discusses the faulty use of basic words of modern time in a formal setting. The author provides explicit background information of a popular situation that the audience will understand clearly. She uses the political leaders of the United States of America to help her demonstrate her argument in the article. The information is recorded dialogue from leaders such as Sarah Palin, Vice President Joe Biden, and British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. She quotes the leaders using the word "literally" in their dialogues. She stresses this because the word "literally" is greatly used in casual, everyday conversation. A politician typically would not use a word like this in a formal setting, but she detests this by adding examples such as "When British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg referred last year to 'people literally in a different galaxy...'" This demonstrates her viewpoints to the general audience with a first hand, easy to analyze, example. Putting things together, the subject of the article is how little things that are perceived as minor problems, can blow up due to the evolution of technology and the changing social norms around us. She gives us the idea that one word can have such little meaning in everyday use, but when it is in a formal situation, it can alter the significance of the matter in seconds.
Tone:
The author has a very energetic, yet personal tone which helps the article become casual, but not to a certain extent. The article still includes factual information, but it is easier for the audience to make personal connections and fully understand the intentions held in the article because of her stylistic writing.
The speaker is Meghan Daum. By writing this article, Daum is inferred to be involved with modern day society. This is evident in the article because she discusses the evolution of technology and the changing social norms in our everyday lives.
Occasion:
Oxford English Dictionary has officially added the word, "selfie" into their dictionary and announced it to be their "Word of the Year." In this article, Daum writes about the evolution of the word throughout our everyday lives. She relates this "apocalyptic change" as another excuse for narcissism to be displayed.
Audience:
Daum is probably trying to connect with the adolescents and the mid-aged adults. She draws in the adolescents with her talks about the "Selfie" but as she progresses onto politics, she is reaching out to connect with the older audience.
Purpose:
The purpose of this article is to entertain and enlighten the audience about how the modern world quirks can become, "apocalyptic" as Daum states in her. She writes about how a little piece of society can blow out of proportion and cause disruption in places as big and influential as the Democratic National Convention.
Subject:
In the article, Daum discusses the faulty use of basic words of modern time in a formal setting. The author provides explicit background information of a popular situation that the audience will understand clearly. She uses the political leaders of the United States of America to help her demonstrate her argument in the article. The information is recorded dialogue from leaders such as Sarah Palin, Vice President Joe Biden, and British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. She quotes the leaders using the word "literally" in their dialogues. She stresses this because the word "literally" is greatly used in casual, everyday conversation. A politician typically would not use a word like this in a formal setting, but she detests this by adding examples such as "When British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg referred last year to 'people literally in a different galaxy...'" This demonstrates her viewpoints to the general audience with a first hand, easy to analyze, example. Putting things together, the subject of the article is how little things that are perceived as minor problems, can blow up due to the evolution of technology and the changing social norms around us. She gives us the idea that one word can have such little meaning in everyday use, but when it is in a formal situation, it can alter the significance of the matter in seconds.
Tone:
The author has a very energetic, yet personal tone which helps the article become casual, but not to a certain extent. The article still includes factual information, but it is easier for the audience to make personal connections and fully understand the intentions held in the article because of her stylistic writing.