Rhetorical Analysis

The majority of individuals may say that teens or even themselves, have come to the point where they have become addicted to their technology and social media. In four different readings, all authors use different rhetorical strategies in order to confine their evidence in their own arguments. Those four readings are, “Is Google Making Students Stupid?” by, Tony Schwartz, “Chapter 3: Addiction: What Makes Teens Obsessed with Social Media?” by, danah boyd, “Is the Web Driving Us Mad?” by, Tony Dokoupil, and “Addition to Distraction” by, Tony Schwartz. By analyzing all the readings, each had different rhetorical strategies; cause and effect, exemplification, narration, and definition; the purpose of the elements, are to support the authors arguments. …show more content…
A rhetorical strategy that he emphasized to support his claim is cause and effect. In his article he mentioned, “Carr includes other case studies: He describes doctors who become so reliant on decision-assistance software that they overlook subtle signals from patients or dismiss improbable but accurate diagnoses” (Romeo 33). Romeo uses cause and effect to send the audience an important message, that not all people use their own minds in making decisions, rather the use technology is what they use to make their choices. One way in which this element was evidently strong in supporting his argument is that, it grabs the reader’s attention and has them thinking that in a situation like that, people are being reliable to something on the web rather on what they initially learned in the past. The organization in …show more content…
One rhetorical strategy that boyd uses to identify her argument is exemplification. Boyd mentioned, “Addiction is often represented in the media as a problem with youth culture. In 1928, the film Reefer Madness started a mass frenzy, depicting marijuana as a ‘killer weed’ turning vulnerable young people into addicts” (82). By using examples, it would give an effect to the readers, by realizing that her argument is supported by facts from real life situations. Exemplification worked well for boyd’s argument, because it helped to prove her point that teens are influenced by the media by causing them to act with an erratic impulsive behavior. In addition, Tony Dokoupil, a reporter for Newsweek Magazine/ The Daily Beast, deliberates about how people need to accept the fact that the web is controlling individuals and they do not have control over themselves. Dokoupil uses narration in his article to help identify his argument, and to give a better understanding for the audience. He conferred about, “One young couple neglected its infant to death while nourishing a virtual baby online. A young man

Show More