Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter – Homeless Vets
While searching for tweets about my issue that had the greatest rhetorical velocity, quite a few good examples came to mind. There are many more Twitter accounts addressing the issue of homeless veterans than I had initially thought. One great…
Rhetorical Velocity in Action on Twitter
Rhetorical velocity is used to anticipate what will happen to a publication after it has been broadcasted. Whether it is a newspaper article, television story, facebook status or in this instance, a tweet, anything that is spread throughout any form…
Rhetorical Velocity on Twitter
Charter schools are highly debated in today’s society. Many view charter schools as cash cows that take advantage of their students and parents while others view them as an important educational choice. The two tweets I choose to examine reflect…
Engaging the IBD Audience through Twitter
There are so many Twitter accounts available for the IBD community. As I took the time to read through the different accounts, I tried to acknowledge the diverse ways to engage the IBD community. I followed accounts whose goals aim to…
Rhetorical Velocity Of Twitter
For the last few weeks i have been trying to raise awareness on the problems with the over consumption of alcohol, specifically among college students. The groups a choose to follow for this assignment were news sources, drinking problem twitter…
Speaking about autism on Twitter
When I was reading through a lot of the tweets about autism, I noticed that many of them used similar techniques to increase their rhetorical velocity. The main methods I noticed were the use of quotes, links to articles with…
Tweeting About Water Conservation
Reviewing a water conservation tweet’s rhetorical velocity was particularly interesting because many of the tweets are not successful in gaining attention from the Twitter audience. I looked at tweets from the Surfrider Foundation and found that tweets pertaining to topic…
Bansky’s Art Challenges American Consumerism
On June 8, 1972 photographer Nick Ut took a photo of nine year old Phan Thi Kim Phuc running for her life during the Vietnam War. The napalm blast in Trang Bang left her with severe burns on her back…
Pamela Anderson For PETA
Pamela Anderson poses for PETA’s Have A Heart Campaign. This image represents a woman that’s sectioned off just like an animal raised as food would be. The photo evokes pathos in a variety of ways. In one way, the image…
NoH8
The NoH8 campaign is visually recognized by people around the world. NoH8 is a charitable organization in the United States that promotes marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest. It was created by celebrity photographer…
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