Response to Group E Prompt

"What did you think was the most effective type of media in presenting an aspect of rhetoric? Would you have chosen a different media source if you could for the rhetorical analysis project? Why or why not?"

I think this question may be a little vague, and much too broad for it's own good. There are so many different aspects of rhetoric and so many different ways in which those aspects can be presented, even with specific media types. However, I guess the most effective way to present an aspect of rhetoric would be in the form of video. Whether this be a TV show or a commercial of some kind, I believe this is the most effective way because it is such a large outlet of news and information and is so widely viewed. While I know that magazines and newspapers have not died off yet, and that internet is up and coming as possibly the most prominent source of media, I still think that TV holds much of the worlds attention, and commercial would probably be the more specific outlet of rhetoric required material.

This being said I would have liked to have chosen advertisements for the project, because they, like commercials, require lots of information to be sent to a consumer in a short amount of time. Making an advertisement would have been rich with analysis possibilities for this reason. There is so much to put into a small space, and you have to catch the consumer's attention, and you have to effect them enough to spend their hard earned money on your product.