Posts by Daisy:
pathos, nostalgia, and don draper
My latest post on the Rhetorical Theory Course Blog:
You will hear more about Aristotle’s appeals in future chapters, but if you notice I’ve uploaded a document in D2L that outlines the three nicely. Regarding pathos, or the appeal to our emotions, it states,
Language choice affects the audience’s emotional response, and emotional appeal can effectively be used to enhance an argument. Indeed, pathos evokes a meaning implicit in the verb ‘to suffer’–to feel pain imaginatively….Perhaps the most common way of conveying a pathetic appeal is through narrative or story, which can turn the abstractions of logic into something palpable and present. The values, beliefs, and understandings of the writer are implicit in the story and conveyed imaginatively to the reader. Pathos thus refers to both the emotional and the imaginative impact of the message on an audience, the power with which the writer’s message moves the audience to decision or action.
An example that comes to mind immediately is from Mad Men. I shared the link to this video in my comment to Jodee’s post, but wanted to create a separate space for it just in case you miss it there: http://youtu.be/suRDUFpsHus
Don’s entire presentation relies on pathos, beginning with his narrative about working for Teddy and his defining of nostalgia as “the pain from an old wound,” all the while showing slides of his own family and the memories they can now relive via the Kodak Carousel. Rather than distancing himself from a product, he’s thrown his heart into it and it works!
I’ve created a new category called “advertising” since we’re bound to make a number of references to commercials, print, and online ads this semester!
Is Blogging Dead?
Cross-posted on the Rhetorical Theory Course Blog I started to leave a comment to respond to the final statement in Tim’s post, “Blogs have really moved beyond the mindless posts by vain teenagers, and maybe we have Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace (is that even still active anymore?) to thank for that,” but then remembered that at [...]
I’ll tumble for ya
As predicted, now that school has started, the gym is even more packed. That leads to hotter and sweatier group fitness classes and, if a certain fan isn’t on, very slippery floors. The past two classes I’ve taken I’ve ended up in my sock feet…but it’s always fun and I love shaking it to various [...]
Downton Abbeyoncé
This week, between workouts and the return to teaching, I have been drafting a post about my newly founded obsession with tumblr. I should get to publish that later this evening, but I wanted to quickly point out the site inspired me to create my tumblr account in the first place: Downton Abbeyoncé. I’ve been a [...]
my new year’s resolution
I MUST BLOG MORE! When I was leaving the gym yesterday I overheard an instructor saying how packed the classes will be once all the students come back to town. We were already a group of 50 but the number is bound to rise since we get two waves of new years’ resolution-ers here due [...]
RIP Steve Jobs
Cross-posted at the grad student course blog: http://745techprofcomm.wordpress.com/ In Laura Gurak’s 2001 book Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness, she defines “cyberliteracy” as inherent of four traits: SPEED: the Internet inspires speediness; it is one of the key features of Internet communication. And this speed inspires certain behaviors and qualities. REACH: partner of speed and [...]
style guide
I’m in London right now and that’s me at the Sherlock Holmes museum. I’m glad I took the time to do that yesterday because I won’t have much free time to run around today. Why? Because I’m STILL formatting my paper for the Oxford Internet Institute. [That's why I'm in the UK and I can't [...]
There’s an app for that
Hello from my iPhone! With the new semester quickly approaching, I knew I needed to get back to blogging, especially since I’ll be requiring blog posts, as opposed to discussion board posts, of my grad students in ENGL 745, Communication Strategies for Emerging Media. More on that later… When I saw this tweet from @blogher, [...]
the king’s speech
While reading Kyle’s informative post on “What Beethoven Means for The King’s Speech,” I was reminded of the beautiful montage the Academy created of the Best Picture nominees: More on this, and my beloved Colin Firth, when the DVD comes out in a couple weeks, but I wanted to post this while I still could [...]
deadbeat blogger
Sigh. This poor neglected blog. I know I need to do a total overhaul of this site…I’m trying to figure out if it should focus on teaching and become more of a portfolio than a blog, but I’m also waiting to hear about a grant that I applied for. If I get that grant, my [...]
Tommy Blue Eyes
Ever since I was 4 years old, I’ve had a white cat in my midst. The first was Max, who was deaf. Then came Duchess. Then the queen of them all, Trina, who after 13 long years of living in NOLA sadly didn’t survive Hurricane Katrina. After Trina died, it took me awhile to adopt [...]
truthy
Let’s try this blogging during the semester again… This Spring I’m teaching 4 online courses and 1 hybrid, which meets twice a week but video of those meetings is “captured” so I can send a link to the online students. It’s my third time with this system and I think I’m getting it down. I [...]
stephen and stephen
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c March to Keep Fear Alive After the PBS showing of Stephen Sondheim’s birthday concert I began composing an “open letter” to this great man, brilliant lyricist, and musical genius. I’m still writing that and will share soon, but until then, enjoy this interview with him on [...]
i <3 my kitteh
look at that face! it’s even cuter when he tries to interrupt my work!
Life Online
Whenever I start leaving comments on my students’ blogs, it takes much longer than I planned because I start searching for links to share with them. Recently they were assigned the following under the heading of “AGENCY, AUTHORITY & TRUST”: • Qualman, E. 2009. Chapter 2 in Socialnomics. • Paine Schofield, C. B., & Joinson, [...]
when it rains…
Final post for the night, I promise! This one should have been the first because it discusses and then lists all the things that have been keeping me distracted from blogging, but oh well… Now that I’m past midterm, I have to say that this semester is flying by! October was a blur of grading [...]
bloggers on wheels
Rollerskates, to be precise! In a world where all things are converging, this pic [from left to right] features Kitty of Kitty’s Neverwear, me, and Fabulous Lorraine [FYI links lead to similar rollerskating-themed posts...great bloggers thing alike!]
something that always makes me smile
Free books! Well, I did earn these. I was recently awarded a $100 Emerging Technology grant to explore my use of blogs in the graduate course, ENGL 745-Communication Strategies for Emerging Media. If you recall, I also earned one of these grants to explore using Twitter in ENGL 101-Freshman Composition, with the final report posted [...]
Ultimate Pet Shop Boys
So not only do the Pet Shop Boys have a great new compilation out, with a fabulous single called “Together,” the video for it features everything I love: waltzing girls in petticoats, hip-hop dancing boys, folk-dancing moves in a club, and a rehearsal to performance motif! Not to mention a bench-sitting Chris and dog-on-leash standing [...]
podcast + wordle-like video = genius
I’ll try to give an update on my teaching, grant possibilities, and Dexter kitteh later, but I’m swamped with freshman papers to grade before I head to NOLA for a wedding this weekend. Til I do “get my blog on,” enjoy the brilliance that is Stephen Fry. While my “Good Morning, Madam” alarm clock isn’t [...]
metablogging
As I mentioned in this post, ever since I started the 4/4 teaching load I’ve neglected my blog, offering only embedded video and a quick comment or two and rarely a “long thought.” This semester is different though because I’m finally requiring UW-Stout students to blog, specifically my graduate students and my 1 directed study [...]
i can haz kitteh?
All week I’ve had a list of stuff to blog about, primarily how I’ve been teaching with and talking about blogs to undergrad and grad students, but a grant application distracted me. And then I met this guy. In brief, my fabulous friend Fabulous Lorraine found this lil guy Friday morning while walking the dog. [...]
tv on DVD
A major benefit to being done with the dissertation is that I can pay more attention to pop culture. Otherwise stated, I don’t have to feel guilty for watching television. I’ve already mentioned my love of Don Draper and MadMen, but there are all sorts of shows that I’ve recently discovered. Thanks to DVDs and [...]