Monday, May 18, 2009
Rhetorical Analysis YouTube video
Stance: Anti-Palin
Purpose: To show that Sarah Palin is dumb and un-governor like.
Genre: YouTube video
Intended Audience: Supporters of Obama since they will find the video funny. Also, it could also be intended for Palin supporters to get the purpose (as stated above) across to them. Particularly, this video would be aimed at teenage to older men since the video uses quite a bit of sex appeal.
Overall, Obama Girl is trying to argue that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be a governor, let alone the next vice president of the United States. She shows Palin as naïve and unintelligent in order to get this point across. I believe her argument is effective since it had me thinking that Palin was definitely not presidential material. Also, it has over 6 million view on YouTube, so she must be doing something right with the video.
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Ethos: Obama Girl is known for making parody videos and many people like her so that helps her argument quite a bit. She also included events that actually happened in Palin's life so that also helps her argument seem credible.
ReplyDeletePathos: The main emotional appeal used in this video is humor. There are many numerous funny parts in the video, such as when Palin loses the Ms. Wasilla pageant and when she has the fight with the Russian leader.
Logos: There is not really a lot of logical appeal in this video. While the events that Obama Girl portrays in the video are real life events, she gives no evidence or facts to back that up.