The news article Why Funny Animal Videos Are Good for You by Elizabeth Heath effectively and heavily relies on the use of pathos and ethos and a small amount of logos in her article. Heath's goal was to convince social media users and video watchers that watching funny animal videos are actually good for them. Many people may feel that viewing funny animal videos actually inspires or motivates them to begin a task, while negative emotions are what makes them finish the task. Heath goes into greater detail on how the effects of the videos play on the viewer’s emotions in her article. Throughout the article, Heath employs the rhetorical appeal of pathos by letting the reader know how the videos will put them in a good mood and make them feel happy. She also manipulates the reader’s emotions by bringing up critical or sensitive topics such as, “...pandemic, protests, a tanking economy…”(589). By stating the pandemic, many if not all of the readers can relate to the situation because many people had to work from home and most likely were on some sort of device whether it be a computer, phone, tablet, etc. This gains the reader’s attention because the internet is the easiest way to access these funny animal videos. By having access to these videos viewers could get things done because they would be in a wonderful mood from …show more content…
Heath makes use of experts such as Sonja Lyubomirsky from the department of psychology. By using Lyubomirsky as a source Heath establishes credibility for her article by having actual research to back her argument. Lyubomirsky furthers Heath’s argument by saying that, “positive emotions are thought to help people achieve flow.” Heath uses Lyubomirsky as a credible source in order to further her argument because she has factual evidence due to research on the topic itself. The use of ethos is effectively used in Heath’s article through the use of Sonja Lyubomirsky and her