Tweeting about Philly Education
I found many different types of twitter accounts regarding Philadelphia public school funding. The twitter accounts with the most rhetorical velocity are the protests groups who are trying to rally students to fight for their education. The tweets from accounts like @215studentunion and @ParentsUnitedPA used strong language which spoke to the reader’s pathos, persuading them to join the movement. I thought the first tweet from @ParentsUnitedPA had an especially high rhetorical velocity. The simple photograph grabs the reader’s attention and is easy to circulate around twitter and other social media websites. Tweeting about this type of protest at Central High can also encourage other high schools to do the same. The second tweet targets Governor Corbett. The biting accusation catch the reader’s eye and the short phrase can be easily spread around the social media.
While tweets from protest groups tend to have high rhetorical velocity, I also thought tweets from news sources were helpful. Tweets from news sources have a strong sense of ethos because you know the information is credible, and the information is not quite as biased as tweets from protesters. Also, the audience of tweets from news sources is larger because it is not just focused on students but the entire public. Tweets from @PhillyInquirer and @NBCPhiladelphia.catch may not catch the reader’s attention as quickly as the protester’s tweets, but they provide dependable, up-to-date information. News sources use short tweets that sum up the information without making you have to read through an entire article. However, the link is provided on the tweet if you wish to read further.
My tweets are more similar to the news source tweets because they are focused on educating people about the issue rather than rallying for protest.I thought this tweet had the most rhetorical velocity because the graph provides quick accessible information to the readers. The graph depicts the difference between per pupil funding in Philly schools versus Pittsburgh schools. The data is from the Pennsylvania Department of Education so there is also a strong sense of ethos. The other two tweets pictured focus mainly on getting information out to the public as opposed to tweeting my personal opinions. Attaching pictures to tweets increases rhetorical velocity because the reader is more likely to look at the photo then read the tweet. In my second tweet, I asked the readers a question which I hoped would spark a debate about the cigarette tax.
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Your importance of early childhood tweet was my favorite tweet. The video you posted was really effective at gaining the my attention and making me want to share the information. The kids in the video talking about how much they love school was a great contrast to their reactions to the fact that some kids don’t get to go to preschool. Seeing the image of video within the tweet was what initially made me watch it so I think that definitely helps with the rhetorical velocity.