Speaker:
Yet again we have come across an emotional article from Meghan Daum. This week, Daum targets social media and media in general for jeopardizing the true stories of current disasters that spark everyone's attention.
Occasion:
Recently, a Malaysian aircraft has mysteriously disappeared from our planet. Meghan Daum uses this example to target the media and accuse them of only using stories to get views and ratings, instead of telling a story for its original purpose, to inform the public.
Audience:
Daum writes to an older audience, typically one that is on top of the news and current events around us. She specifically writes to her highly opinionated column readers, but this particular article potentially targets other media critics, searching for approval or attention towards her view points.
Purpose:
Daum unveils the truth behind broadcasting and some branches of journalism, claiming that every headline story is not to inform, but to receive as much publicity, comments, and ratings as possible for the branch of media.
Subject:
This column deals with revealing the truths and lies told daily to the people by the media. According to Daum, the media only has one purpose - to sell a story.
Tone:
Daum never fails to bring her emotional side into her writing, but this time, she is critical of her job - delivering news to an audience. She does this casually by adding satirical references such as, "On Anderson Cooper's 'AC 360,' which is so consumed with the story it might as well change its name to 'AC Flight 370,'"
After 6 weeks of reading Meghan Daum's articles, it is easy to say that she is an incredibly emotional author, and that is what people like about her. By writing highly opinionated articles, she both creates a new world of opinions for her readers, and also creates a valley of opponents. Even though 90% of her evidence is derived from her personal and emotional views, she includes logistics in her arguments. She uses adequate logistics by constantly quoting different credible sources and credible personas with whom her audience may be familiar with. Daum tends to focus on the hot topics of social media. By reading her different articles, it is possible to intake an impression of her love/hate for pop culture. Daum seems judgmental when it comes to different topics, but overall she is expressing her opinions and popular opinions from similar writers over American ideals. She does it in a way where it is not hard for an amateur to understand and reason with her. Even though reading Daum's many Op-Ed articles have been an emotional roller coaster for me, it has been a journey well spent and I can promise I will probably refer back to her as often as I can for my own entertainment.
Yet again we have come across an emotional article from Meghan Daum. This week, Daum targets social media and media in general for jeopardizing the true stories of current disasters that spark everyone's attention.
Occasion:
Recently, a Malaysian aircraft has mysteriously disappeared from our planet. Meghan Daum uses this example to target the media and accuse them of only using stories to get views and ratings, instead of telling a story for its original purpose, to inform the public.
Audience:
Daum writes to an older audience, typically one that is on top of the news and current events around us. She specifically writes to her highly opinionated column readers, but this particular article potentially targets other media critics, searching for approval or attention towards her view points.
Purpose:
Daum unveils the truth behind broadcasting and some branches of journalism, claiming that every headline story is not to inform, but to receive as much publicity, comments, and ratings as possible for the branch of media.
Subject:
This column deals with revealing the truths and lies told daily to the people by the media. According to Daum, the media only has one purpose - to sell a story.
Tone:
Daum never fails to bring her emotional side into her writing, but this time, she is critical of her job - delivering news to an audience. She does this casually by adding satirical references such as, "On Anderson Cooper's 'AC 360,' which is so consumed with the story it might as well change its name to 'AC Flight 370,'"
After 6 weeks of reading Meghan Daum's articles, it is easy to say that she is an incredibly emotional author, and that is what people like about her. By writing highly opinionated articles, she both creates a new world of opinions for her readers, and also creates a valley of opponents. Even though 90% of her evidence is derived from her personal and emotional views, she includes logistics in her arguments. She uses adequate logistics by constantly quoting different credible sources and credible personas with whom her audience may be familiar with. Daum tends to focus on the hot topics of social media. By reading her different articles, it is possible to intake an impression of her love/hate for pop culture. Daum seems judgmental when it comes to different topics, but overall she is expressing her opinions and popular opinions from similar writers over American ideals. She does it in a way where it is not hard for an amateur to understand and reason with her. Even though reading Daum's many Op-Ed articles have been an emotional roller coaster for me, it has been a journey well spent and I can promise I will probably refer back to her as often as I can for my own entertainment.