Websites, You Tube, and other internet-based "public arguments"

Here are some links to check out & refresh your memory (we should have looked at them all in class) for tonight's post:
http://damaliayo.com/home.html
http://rent-a-negro.com/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjZRCPniSk&feature=channel
http://www.endofworld.net/


Questions I'd like you to consider, for one of these pieces of "public argument" or for all of them, are:

1) What is the purpose of this piece? What might have been the goal(s) of the author/creator?
2) Who is, or might be, their target audience? A larger, unintentional audience?
3) How have they crafted their persuasion---what rhetorical strategies are they using? Are they successful, or at least interesting or thought-provoking?

Then, go ahead and make a post...same deal as last time, it doesn't have to be super long---say, at least 10 lines---but should be some aspect of your thinking/insights on these questions, and your response to one or all of the pieces we've looked at. The goal here is for a dialogue to emerge, so be sure to consider your classmates' posts as well....

STREET ART/PUBLIC ART: More info on tonight's homework....

Here are some links to check out & refresh your memory (we should have looked at them all in class) for tonight's post:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_art

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm

http://www.guerrillagirls.com/posters/index.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_Orange
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20060305&Category=NEWS06&ArtNo=305001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1


Questions I'd like you to consider, for one of these artists or all of them, are:

1) What is this artist trying to get people to think about and/or persuade them of?
2) Who is, or might be, their target audience? A larger, unintentional audience?
3) What rhetorical strategies are they using? Are they successful, or at least interesting or thought-provoking?

Then, go ahead and make a post...it doesn't have to be super long---say, at least 10 lines---but should be some aspect of your thinking/insights on these questions, and your response to one or all of the artists we've looked at. The goal here is for a dialogue to emerge, so be sure to consider your classmates' posts as well....

Welcome 102-ers!

Hello all and welcome to our class blog. You'll want to create a profile and figure out how to do an initial post, before it comes time for assigned homework posts.

I look forward to the dialogue.