Drugs and Murder
The first blog I read was about the social acceptance of mental illnesses versus drug addictions. The author had a very formal and scientific tone. This makes her seem very intelligent and educated. I can also determine from this post that she is a caring person. She is sympathetic to those with drug addictions because they are the subject with the bad rap, which may not be one hundred percent fair. She added links to a website explaining prescription drug abuse and a to a study about stigma and discrimination. The post included a lot of statistical information about the public opinion of the one subject compared to the other. She also included a quote from an expert on the topic of drug abuse. The post is broken up by information. After she introduces the issue, she jumps right into talking about the study, sharing the statistics and results. She keeps the information coming by following the statistics with an expert quote. After she has presented all the facts to the reader, then she jumps into her thoughts on the subject. I believe that this format was efficient at keeping the reader’s attention. The post begins with her addressing the issue at hand directly. There is no fluff. After presenting her information, she attempts to persuade her reader to learn more about drug addictions. She ends with a strong quote to leave the reader with something to dwell on.
The second blog post I read was about the Ferguson shooting. The author’s tone was adamant. She was disturbed by the brutality and bigotry of the police and felt very strongly on the issue. The author included a link to a video of police arresting Ferguson protesters with unnecessary force. I believe that this post helped to strengthen her argument that police, especially white males, view black people as a threat. She also included a really cool link comparing the two sides of the story. The side by side comparison really helped me as the reader to get a grasp of the details of the shooting. She keeps the reader’s interest by including another account of a shooting of a black male that occurred only 10 days after Ferguson. The post ends with the author declaring that change needs to happen, which is a strong and valid point.
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I agree with your analysis of the tones of the two authors. The blog post about mental illness and drug addiction was very serious and straight-forward, while the post about the Ferguson shooting was very emotional. However, as you said, they both do a really good job of getting their points across by using links to more statistics and videos. Both the blogs ended very strongly, as well. My issue with these posts though is that neither used pictures or anything to break up the text. Both were just long walls of words, making them a little difficult to read.