Tim Wise’s article contains a lot of emotion and it is though the clever tactic of appealing to Logos and Pathos that Wise makes the reader really consider what he is speaking about. There is even an ethos aspect to his argument. Since Wise is a white man shaming his own race, this removes bias which in turn gives him credibility. Now to examine the Logos aspect of his argument. By using the statistic “in past two years, thirty-two young men have either carried out a mass school shooting or attempted to do so, and of these thirty-two, thirty were white teens,” Wise is using the logos aspect of a claim to really make the reader consider the gravity of the situation and take into consideration his appeal to begin profiling these kids (69).
Editorial makes believers of us all In his editorial Leonard Pitts discusses how criminals are using social media to curate and spread their heinous crimes around the world in mere seconds. Pitts explains this further by pointing out that our own friends and family members are acting as henchmen to these murderers by “forwarding, retweeting and reposting their grisly misdeeds as casually as neighbors in another age might have shared recipes over the back fence”. He appeals to the large audience of people that use Social Media and Email, typically younger readers, and that are actively forwarding and sharing events on facebook. He also addresses news readers that do not want to feel the purpose of these acts.
This article by Wondemaghen analyzes the theory of claims-making in school shootings and how this leads to the creation of ‘social’ problems. He asserts that these social problems often become the main focus of public attention, omitting objective subjects found in mass shootings. I will try to renovate this theory to show that this distortion of societal problems occurs as a result of social media’s platform of ‘death drive’, which frames only the violent details of school shootings, inevitably leading to arbitrary
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out an attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They fired guns towards students, killing thirteen people and injuring more than twenty. Afterwards, they turned the firearms on themselves. In his book ‘Columbine’, Dave Cullen analyses how and why Eric and Dylan massacred the victims at the school. When viewed in hindsight, events such as this are inspected to every minute detail; there are always ways in which the outcome could be changed.
“Outside the Manson Pinkberry: Manson Bloggers and the World of Murder Fandom” by author Rachel Monroe details Monroe’s findings while doing in depth research of infamous cult leader and serial killer Charles Manson. She discusses how her obsession with the Manson family began while she was in high school, and how her morbid interest eventually led her down a path of intrigue and sometimes horror when she fell in with a crowd of internet bloggers whose obsession with the Manson family surpassed her own and spent five days alongside them and learning about the road she nearly went down as a teenager. Not only does she discuss her own misadventures with this group of people, she also discusses her own point of view on the Manson family’s still
One of America’s most infamous serial killers – Jeffrey Dahmer – was an active threat during the late 1980s. His 17 victims were typically African American gay men, who Dahmer picked up repeatedly in front of gay bars. His actions were obviously repulsive, yet people still formed separate perspectives surrounding this man. Although Jeffrey Dahmer was a known serial killer, the perspective of his parents, the opinion of the public eye, and Dahmer’s own view of himself vary wildly.
Columbine. Hook Elementary School. Aurora Colorado Theatre. One thing all of these tragedies have in common is what was used to perform the mass killings. As Explained by Kevork Djansezian, a reporter for U.S. News, everyday in the U.S. eighty-six people died from gun related incidents.
The Romans would get their fix with their gladiators and colosseums. Seeing other citizens who possess less social currency do inhumane things to each other, reminds of us the pleasure and social security we enjoy. As time passed this became unacceptable in society and these barbaric practices were outlawed. Recently these practices have reemerged in a new and advanced way. In the twenty-first century, television and the internet have been the apparatuses of choice for unlocking society’s perversion and love for disarray and violence.
According to the author “when white man feels disempowered, they are primed to resort to gun violence to reassert their sense of authority” meaning that the increase in mass shootings over the last few years are a respond to the expansion of women and minorities rights .In the article Wuertenberg implements the use of pathos by bringing in mass shootings from the past years in order to create awareness of the fact that “mass shooters have routinely expressed white-supremacist views or motivations.” He goes back to the first mass shooting and explains how the victims of those were chosen in a racist matter. Evoking emotions like courage, anger, disgust among on his readers. He also creates a trustful environment since he is going against his own race to face the truth that have been hidden for many years.
The film seeks to clarify why the Columbine slaughter happened and why the United States' vicious wrongdoing rate, particularly concerning violations submitted with guns, is generously higher than those of different countries. Firstly, the “bowling” term is brought up because the shooters were supposedly in a bowling class during the morning in which the massacre took place, highlighting the fact that it is a very little educational class. Furthermore, the poor consideration from the High School’s staff to the students’ threats and drills around the school, raises the character of disregard in the US school system. Secondly, the investigative report provides a glance of the uncomplicated and free access to weapons authorized in the US, such
The purpose of this paper will be to present a detailed analyzation of a newspaper article found on The Toronto Star website, titled: "Las Vegas gunman researched SWAT tactics, carefully planned out attack - but motive is a mystery: police" written by Ken Ritter. A major observation I made in this article is the attempt at instilling shock into the public in order to incite fear. This observation was made by assessing the signs, metaphors, and the overall format of the article and the manner of which is was written. There are many signs in this article that serve their purpose of inciting fear and shock in the public reader. To begin this analysis, the most prominent signifiers will be discussed along with what they signify.
Journalist and author, Dave Cullen, in his book, Columbine, redefines how his readers understand the Columbine tragedy. His purpose is to illustrate the misconceptions Americans have of the shooting by explaining how these misconceptions came about and became rooted in Americans’ minds, although they were so unbelievably wrong. Cullen creates a blunt tone in order to get straight to the facts to show who Eric really was. Through his use of rhetorical devices in this passage, Cullen unravels that Eric was not a bullied outcast like so many believe, but a psychopath.
Using Satire to Convict Social Media Social media has inspired a stronger set of issues in the lives of the current youth, according to Shannon Purtle in “Why Social Media Should Be Left Alone”, specifically issues dealing with authenticity. In a time when social media is on the rise, Purtle addresses the lacking of real connections and endangerments surrounding magnified typical teenage issues caused by those programs within the lives of young Americans. As a teenager, or young adult, there is an immense amount of exposure to assimilation from one self-conscious teen to the next unsure teen. Through using satirical strategies such as an ironic tone, ridiculous and contradicting rhetoric, ironic questions and analogies to common phrases, Purtle
Amy Shuffelton, assistant professor at Loyola University of Chicago, with a specialty in Philosophy of Education and Gender Theory, presents various reports about gun violence in the United States. The article discusses the retribution the violent acts have in schools and how the media makes a significant impact in school shootings. The article talks about gun violence not just in schools, but in neighborhoods and public places, and the effects such actions have on school’s shootings. In addition, how the mass media presents an incident to the public plays an important role in future gun incidents. Even though the article is not specific to schools, the fact that the environment a student is presented with, does affect the choices they make.
The discussion of hate crime has been very delicate over the past few months, from ISIS to police brutality. In this paper situations involving hate crime will be discussed such as the background; history of hate crime like the holocaust; special groups and genders that get “hated” on such as blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, and Jews; examples of hate crime; prominent figures like Donald Trump and his anti- Muslim and anti-immigrant policies as well as news pieces of hate crime; groups for and against other races like the black lives matter movement; statistics of hate crime and hate groups in the U.S.; the argument that
