Blog #4: JSTOR

Imma just leave this right here so you guys can let it soak in while I read these articles.. BRB.

Okay I'm back... I choose to talk about the articles Viral Black Death, Donald Trumps Bet: We are all Chumps, and Why this Election Feels Never-Ending. All 3 articles are of predominant topics, not necessarily worldwide (maybe) but specifically in the United States.

Before I continue, I just want to let you guys know I always misinterpret ethos, pathos and logos even though I know its credibility, emotions and logic. So disregard all of the misinterpretations I might say. On the WPA I said ethos was pathos and pathos was ethos and argued the wrong things for the wrong word but I still got a 8 so WE GOOD. Anyways..

Viral Black Deaths was the first because it is everywhere on social media. I'm the type of person to see things on social media and actually research about them to both verify the accuracy and learn about the situation. And this is one that I find myself looking up very often. I'm assuming the author is Kimberly Fain based on the fact that there is a little section that describes who she is at the bottom, but that's because I'm so used to seeing "by (the authors name)" right under the header or at the end of the article. She argues that it's our choice to read/look at these videos but it should be our responsibility to educate ourselves on these problems. Fain utilizes multiple activists, scholars to solidify all of her claims or as she says to #staywoke. She uses W.E.B Du Bois to depict (ongoing) stereotypes that once supported white supremacy, which is a huge factor in this war against law enforcers and the public (specifically African Americans). She also reminds readers of the repulsive acts of lynching to show the extent a minority will go when they truly believe in something, in this case white supremacy. Not sure if she uses any logos in this article, correct me if I missed it!! But I feel like Fain's methodology was to ensure that though its voluntary people should want to know what is going on, remind readers of the historical events stereotyping once caused, why the events that are happening today align with those in the past, and that people are reposting, voicing their opinions and making headline stories about it everyday because nothing has really changed. At this point, African Americans don't feel like there is actually equality. Not only African Americans, but everyone that supports the claim that equality is only preached but never truly practiced, feel that they have only one outlet to solving this problem and thats SPEAKING UP.

Donald Trump.... Hilary Clinton... Oh how Imma miss the Obamas.

Donald Trumps Bet: We are all Chumps was a shorter article compared to the last one and the one I will be speaking about after this one but it was to the point. The Editorial Board used Trumps' son Eric as a credible source, they use the things Trumps didn't show or do compared to all other candidates in both this election and prior elections, and not sure if any logos was used in this article either, again correct me if I'm just blind to logos. I felt like this article was just a gun unloading bullets at the target on Trumps back. I don't blame them, or maybe I'm just opinionated, or maybe they just did a really good job persuading readers. Running for office, I'd expect the candidate would do anything they can to lie. Just kidding, not really, but they would try to do anything they can to gain trust. For Trump not to release tax forms, have no policy proposals, and have no prior public office experience, it's like drawing his name blindly from a hat. From what I have seen on the news, for someone that doesn't really have any good reasons to win, except for the fact that he uses "I'm a business man" and he always yells obnoxiously at events to keep him, his image doesn't really scream I'm going to be a good president, at least from my opinion.

Why this Election Feels Never-Ending, now this article was more lengthy. Not going to lie after reading the other two than seeing this one, I went back and tried to find another shorter article but then realized I would have to go back and change my first paragraph so I stuck with it. This article talks about what the title says and I couldn't agree more. Emma Roller people from Brandon Silverman, a co-founder of CrowdTangle to Thomas Patterson, a Harvard political scientist to explain why the election has been dragging on, instead of just voicing her own opinion. This article DOES HAVE logos. Finally. She includes CrowdTrangle's research on how interactions on social media has quadrupled compared to the 2012 election. This ultimately is like super glue to Roller's whole argument because if people are more active and more prone to intervene in the candidate election there is something significantly different this election year. Whether it's good or bad (it's bad) it makes me and maybe even some of you feel like, dang it's really between these two people. Someone that is plastered all over the news about how she handles confidential information poorly and someone that is also plastered all over the news about how obnoxious and mistrusting he is.

I'd have to say the JSTOR (Viral Black Death) held my attention more than the two Op-ed. But regardless, I feel like depending on the topic and how the author writes about it, dictates whether I'll keep reading or just move on to the next.

I was motivated to write, but as I got more into the Donald Trump articles, I lost motivation. Bye.