Monday, February 15, 2010
Blog #4 2/15/10
I find the ideas that are presented in chapter 6 of “They Say, I Say” valuable. It really bothers me when I read a paper where the author is extremely close-minded and is trying to persuade me to think a certain way yet the author only provides what they think and not other point of views. To successfully and fully persuade an audience it is mandatory to present many, if not all, views on a subject. And simply just listing the opposing views doesn’t cut it, they should be given a fair amount of attention since the reader deserves to know the whole story, and not just an opinion. The audience is entitled to knowing all aspects of an argument. The purpose of the paper should be to inform the audience on all grounds, then present support of why the author’s point of view is better than others, but then leave it up to the reader to decide what they want to believe. A persuasive paper should never be forceful, rather more informative and supportive. If force or bias is used in a paper, more often than not the reader is turned off to the opinions presented and trust is entirely lost.
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Agreed when it comes to papers, but not so much agreed when it comes to documentaries/movies, which I understand is besides the point, but I thought I'd just through that out there. A documentary or movie can be completely single minded and catch the audience in a completely different way making them believe everything you say. Proof could be the Government and their 1960's commercials on refer madness. haha take an uneducated population and throw out some random/completely made up statistics and there ya go. A completely one sided argument that is still being debated to this day.
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