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 the different views on charter schools that have high rhetorical velocity.
The first tweet is against charter schools. It depicts a cartoon where builders are taking bricks from a public school to build a charter school. This has very high rhetorical velocity. First off, it is a cartoon and pictures are easier to view than a paragraph. People are lazy and looking at a picture is easier than reading a paragraph. Also, many people will get the point of the cartoon at first glance compared to reader a tweet. This tweet also utilizes valuable hash-tags to make their tweets noticed. It uses #BillClinton to engage in a larger audience. Overall, I believe this tweet to have high rhetorical velocity due to their use of a cartoon and hash-tags.
The second tweet I choose was from Andy Smarick. Although I think this tweet does not have nearly as much rhetorical velocity as the first tweet, it still has some. I choose this tweet because it’s a question with a little fact. The question engages the audience. It makes the audience think and click on the link below.
Each of these tweets has high rhetorical velocity by engaging the audience. For my tweets, I will try to utilize pictures, popular hash-tags, and questions to make my issue known.
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