The website which I have chosen to analyze is the AFL.com.au website. This website is a Australian football league website, which is a sport mainly played and broadcasted in Australia. This AFL website is officially made and updated by the Australian football association. The ideas included in the website are not biased informative articles, videos, tables, pictures, graphs, and statistics.
This website is mainly targeted towards fans of the AFL. This is due to the lack of simplicity in the website layout, and there is no description of what the website is about once entering it. I believe that AFL fans and people who have comprehensive knowledge of the sport will be able to navigate the website freely without any confusion. People who have
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The sponsorships by the clubs do not make the news and information bias. The information is ran through the Australian football league, and is made sure that the information posted is from a non bias source. All the injury and club news are accurate because it is ran through the club, for example if a player is injured the club informs the AFL who then gets the detailed information from the medical staff, who then give the Australian football league association the information which is posted onto the AFL.COM website. Ethos and pathos is used in the AFL.COM website from many different forms. The first way they use ethos is when a player is injured the headline may say “gun player to miss round 1”. The website is set out like this so the reader will feel sorry for the player, and want to find out more information which would mean they have to click on the headline to find out the detailed information. Another form of ethos is used by the video content of match highlights. When you watch the highlights of the game it may motivate you to go out and kick the football, or even join a team. This is a way of promoting the sport to people, which will get the sport more followers and players. Logos is an important part of the AFL.COM website. Logos is used in many different forms such as statistics and quotes from press conferences. On the website you will find all sorts of statistics from each AFL match. This influences the reader to read more about how each match was played, and who should have won based on the statistics. Logos is also used to show the readers what times each game starts and where to watch it. For example you will see ‘Adelaide vs Melbourne on Saturday’. The reader will then want to know what time so they will click on the ‘match centre’ button which will lead them to another page that shows
The lack of ethos makes Hurley, and his words, seem unreliable throughout. Additionally, the use of generalization as opposed to details makes it seem as though Hurley is undermining the issue of the NFL’s ratings which takes away from the premise of his argument. Lastly, the presence of so many non sequitur arguments causes Hurley’s article to lose its clarity and direction which in turn diminishes his argument as a whole. While all of these factors make the article unconvincing, they are relatively easy fixes. To solve the problem with ethos, Hurley simply has to provide more sources for the information that he gives.
The first use of ethos is the quote from Abby Wambach, “This being the pinnacle of our sport, we feel like we should be treated just like the men.” Macur and Wambach are using the fact that they want and need to be treated like men to be treated fairly and able to move forward with the whole being one. The USWNT and other professional national teams across the world a signing a petition to have FIFA change the playing surface to grass. FIFA hasn’t replied to any of the letters or petitions that have been sent in. Using this is showing that they are doing everything they can to try to make it better and safer but aren’t getting anywhere because FIFA won’t do anything.
In the article titled, “Body blows are par for course, but racist boos hit soul deep”, written by Bob Murphy, he contends that AFL fans should stop booing the football player, Adam Goodes. Murphy aims the article at fans that are tempted to also join in heckling on the players. Firstly, Murphy argues that physical injury is prepared for in the sport, but it is difficult to adjust to emotional blows. Secondly, he believes that Goodes is a hero, in both his abilities and his resilience to the insults. Lastly, he points out.
The recent merger between NRL and TFA will benefit both sports in many ways in the near future. For over 50 years, Rugby league has been the hegemonic sport in Australia and still is today. Touch football has been marginalised by rugby for just as long as rugby’s reign in the sports media. This merger was seen in the eyes of the NRL leaders as an important step in increasing the popularity of both sports while also saving money and time. Touch Football Australia (TFA) almost has the same amount of participants as National Rugby League (NRL) and is also available for a larger age group ranging form five to seventy years old.
Koch shows credibility in this article by stating that he is a “holistic Health Practitioner”. This supports the evidence that he provides in the article is realistic and that viewers and trust him. He shows this by saying that football is a ‘spectacle of extreme, controlled mayhem and violence that entertains our thirst for domination” (Koch). Koch uses the information to show that he has knowledge of the football background, because he was a former player for the Washington red skins. He hopes by showing this the information the audience will understand that he is a credible source and that is work can be valued and
The use of Logos, Pathos and Ethos in writings is a way to persuade the reader, it is away to help the writer have better communication with his audience, mainly in speeches, text, advertisement and many others. Logos appeals to reason based on logic, this involves statistics and facts to help the writer support their claim, which makes it more believable, and it shows the writer has knowledge of the claim they are making which makes the reader believe what the writer is saying is valid and also true. For example if I stated that Taylor Swift was more popular in 2015 than her best friend Selena Gomez was because she had more followers than her and now she is not I should have the statistic to show that so that my audience believe it’s true.
Furthermore, the image shows usage of all three rhetorical appeal, which is pathos, ethos, and logos. For ethos, the idea that this movie is Marvel movie has a significant impact on attracting the audience because for the past Marvel has made movies that were popular. Also, Marvel lasted for more than five decades, showing that everybody had watched Marvel before and liked Marvel. Also, logos were used in the Avenger Age of Ultron movie poster by showing multiple characters from Marvel in the movie poster, while showing the title Avengers Age of Ultron to prove that there is going to be the recurring character in the story. Finally, pathos was used when the character was showing a serious expression, implying that this movie is going to have a big battle that will have a huge impact.
Logos uses research-biased evidence in order to help prove the main purpose of the article. Heath uses logos to assist her in displaying the evidence that there are prominent benefits of watching silly videos. For instance, an example of logos utilized by Heath represented in the article is “Research psychologist Acacia Parks, chief scientist at Happify Health, a digital mental health company, explains that to complete a task, we need both positive and negative emotions.” (Heath, 590). This shows the reader that in-depth research was conducted in order to produce a more persuasive article.
We have gone through all these steps in Birmingham. " This uses logos as it shows logical steps to prove they have done what is right. Using logos shows that they know what they are talking about. They are not simply saying words but have a system backed up by it. For example, humans did not believe the earth was round until proof came out that it was true.
In this day and age, many believe racism to be an issue of the past, when as a matter of fact, it is still frequently impacting peoples lives all around the globe. Unfortunately, many issues regarding racism occur in the sporting world. In Australia, it occurs most often in Australian Rules Football, or in the major competition, AFL (Australian Football League). It is a widely accepted idea that the players and spectators of a sport, rather than the sport itself have a direct impact of inducing racism within that particular sport. Relating to the AFL, the main offenders of racism are the spectators, who are commonly abusing players of different race to them.
Logos is the appeal to the audience’s logic or thinking of constructing a well-reasoned argument. It includes: facts, research, and statistics. For instance, "And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Have we anything new to offer on the subject?
The title of Steve Almond’s book, “Against Football: A Fan’s Reluctant Manifesto” speaks to the intent behind the book. I like that Almond comes forth and announces that this book is going to make a case against the game but also admits that he is a fan. The irony of this title along with “reluctant manifesto” sheds light on the type of writer Almond is and how he feels about the message he is about to deliver. He wants his reader to understand that there are ethical problems with the game, and as a fan it is hard for him to be completely honest but difficult or not, he will deliver the truth in it’s entirety. I like the way that Almond introduces himself in the preface.
Couple examples of logos was when Skloot’s mentions, “According to Howard Jones and other gynecologic oncologists I talked with, the correct diagnosis wouldn’t have changed the way Henrietta’s cancer was treated”(Skloot 172) and “In 1928 a German virologist named Harald zur Hausen discovered a new strain of a sexually transmitted virus called Human Papilloma Virus 18 (HPV-18).'' (Skloot 212) She uses reliable sources and discreetly informs the reader that she isn’t saying things out of thin air but instead she uses proper sources to validate her points in her novel. She uses logos by discussing scientific information and explanations, as well as the degree of Henrietta’s impact on
Logos is persuasion through reasoning, clarity, supporting evidence, and logic. These three elements are used in nearly
The connection of Social Theories and Sports is seen in how we see different kinds of human behavior and interactions of individuals; it can provide positive and negative outcomes. With the help of Social Theories we can grasp the process, patterns, values,