Perelman
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Fallacies
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Figures, schemes, tropes, visual, typography
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Burke
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Premises-Concrete hierarchies to promote the success of past
movements and their success to relate it to animal rights, as it is the only
thing left to do. “We’ve established women’s rights, children’s rights, gay
rights, and I think the final frontier of social evolution is animal rights.”
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Challenging authorities on behalf of people’s needs and interests
that aren’t even relevant. Red Herring: “God gave man dominion over the fish
and the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over the cattle, but imposed
no voluntary subjection of one man to another.”
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Meat is murder, now anytime someone eats meat they are now going to
think of murder, it acts as a shock to society, somewhat maybe even too
shocking.
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PETA, people for the ethical treatment of animals, the most visible
group promoting animal rights, and one of the most successful contemporary
social movement organizations commonly makes use of moral claims as a framing
technique.
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Order loci, lamb of god, choose life, go vegetarian. This is
submitting to the idea of most important to least important, but because the
important is so important to some people, they are more than likely going to
want to agree.
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“It’s not a movement you need to join by sending a donation. It’s a movement
you can join at your next meal.” This acts as a black or white, it is saying
that you no longer have to pay any money to join our movement, but you can
just not eat meat at your next meal to save those animals that could’ve been
on your plate.
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“Lamb of God, choose life, go vegetarian” Arrangement climax, drawing
in people who believe that in God or religion, visually seeing the bloody
sheep hanging in the background, the sheep represents peace or cleansed, then
saying choose life making people now keep interested because of them wanting
to believe in life, then leaving them on the note of vegetarianism.
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Moral Protesters who are agents in social movements, 50,000 people
are actively in, and a budget of $13.4 million
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The contemptuous comparison, “To animals all people are nazis”
comparing humans to nazi’s and offending anyone who reads this. Placing a
terrible situation that happened to humans in comparison with animals to get
people to try and realize how bad this situation actually is.
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“holocaust on your plate” “Meat is murder” “Jesus was a vegetarian”-
Appeal to tradition
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Visually placing men in concentration camps, against chickens in
their stall nests, this is cruel to those that suffered in the holocaust
because those are real people, animals do not have a decision or affect by
displaying their stuggles.
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The campaign moves towards trying to move everyone on board with them,
they then move to target groups, men, women, middle aged, 18 – 27, religion, American
affiliation
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“Proud to be a vegetarian American” appealing to tradition, relating
people to the idea of being American, making the claim that if you are American,
you will support the idea of becoming vegetarian and help the animals.
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I see this movement as an Epic, all these animals are being killed
and slaughtered, and PETA trys to come and swoop in to save the animals, and
save the humans from being “terrible” or not being American, or not being
ethical people.
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This blog will be filled with data analysis samples created by students in my COMM 274 class at TLU. You will see a variety of types of rhetorical analysis methods on display here.
Links to rhetorical tools:
Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Animal Rights Mobilization Data Table
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Topics for final project
Pick a social movement and sign up in comments, first-come, first-served, as always. I have a link to an academic article on your movement to help you get started on some better data than a wiki or google search.
See the syllabus for assignment details.
Black Power
Amsterdam Squatters
Pacifism in Postwar Japan
Save Darfur
Clayoquot Sound Rainforest
Animal Rights Mobilization
SDS
Scandinavian Global Justice
Fair Trade
Australian Women's Movement
Project 10
Georgia Temperance
Brazilian Landless Workers
Antiwar Feminist Performance Activism
Free Chol Sul Lee
Knights of Labor
Hugo Chavez' Revolution
20s Indiana KKK
Solidarity
East Germany 1989
N30
Catholic Workers
Queer Nation
French Teachers
Royal York Strike
Black Lives Matter
WTO
Occupy Wall Street
Arab Spring
Stonewall
STOP ERA
British Nation of Islam
See the syllabus for assignment details.
Black Power
Amsterdam Squatters
Pacifism in Postwar Japan
Save Darfur
Clayoquot Sound Rainforest
Animal Rights Mobilization
SDS
Scandinavian Global Justice
Fair Trade
Australian Women's Movement
Project 10
Georgia Temperance
Brazilian Landless Workers
Antiwar Feminist Performance Activism
Free Chol Sul Lee
Knights of Labor
Hugo Chavez' Revolution
20s Indiana KKK
Solidarity
East Germany 1989
N30
Catholic Workers
Queer Nation
French Teachers
Royal York Strike
Black Lives Matter
WTO
Occupy Wall Street
Arab Spring
Stonewall
STOP ERA
British Nation of Islam
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Missouri Compromise Burke Analysis
After searching the Missouri Compromise and discovering what it changed, it is clear to see the major step in history that this era took. It took a step towards making the Union equal because this was a time of seperation between pro slavery and anti slavery states. During this time tensions were high because nobody wanted to be forced to be against what they believed in but eventually a middle was found that maintained the balance between free and slave states. In the following examples you can see the transformation towards a together and whole new Union and the way Henry Clay was an epic hero by bringing forth a conclusion.
Burke Analysis Ragtime--Jazz
Satire
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Epic
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Elaboration
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“Coon songs portrayed African Americans in grossly stereotypical
terms, as foolish, lazy and thieving. The term coon itself suggests something
of this attitude.” Pg.3
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This is proposing the idea of racism at its birth, people starting to
assert stereotypes through anything that becomes popular at their time. While
this ragtime music was evolved from a white stereotype it eventually began to
take a turn to the black people during the late 1800s, once this turn took
place it began to shift the ideas that were associated with ragtime and sort
of became a negative thing for those who were a part of it. It then became a sort
of mimic to stereotype.
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“This generation of black artists celebrated black communities,
denounced Jim Crow, and critiqued black elite pretension, all behind the
minstrel mask.” Pg. 2
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The blacks felt as if this was their window or medium to express how
they felt and Ernest Hogan really opened up this new gate way for black Americans
to be able to express themselves through this genre of music. By doing this
it actually caused a lot of mimic from the white community and brought a more
negative connotation to the black community because of this. However this was
a start to a new beginning for the black community. They wanted the attention
and they were sure getting it through the form of music they were playing.
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“Hogan was both right and wrong on this count. It is true that
ragtime changed the face of American music, helping to “blacken the beat” of
popular music long before rock n roll appeared on the scene.” Pg. 2
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This began to be a somewhat positive outcome for the black Americans,
it started to form to this somewhat significant figure that black people
began to look up to, it gave them hope that they did and could succeed
against this terrible time in history.
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“Mr. Hogan’s work also opened international doors for black
performers, with Hogan’s own company touring as far as Australia in 1899.”
Pg. 3
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This was and still is a huge deal, this was a big step for black
American’s to be a part of because this opened a new path that these people
could have hope for, not only was it opening doors socially and economically
but it was giving these people attention and that is what they needed. This
also gave black performers all around the world confidence in their own genre
of music and the best way was to stick with how the white people saw them,
and this was all they could do for the white people to accept it. This was
the main difference between ragtime and jazz music. Jazz was the era of
embracing it as their own.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Jason-Burke
History of Television
I'm gonna use this and compare the differences according to the website. =)
Other companies not in the business of broadcasting, including Paramount Pictures and the Zenith Corporation, unveiled postwar plans to enter the field but were effectively blocked by unfavorable governmental regulatory decisions that were lobbied for by the broadcasting giants. In 1948, for example, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a U.S. government agency that regulates broadcasting, instituted a freeze on the issuance of new station licenses. In addition, the FCC initially made only the 12 very high frequency (VHF) channels available for broadcasting, prohibiting use of the 69 ultra high frequency (UHF) channels, which created an artificial scarcity of station frequencies. By the mid-1950s, the three leading broadcasting companies (NBC, CBS, and ABC, which collectively became known as the Big Three), had successfully secured American network television as their exclusive domain. It was not until the mid-1980s that a fourth company, News Corporation, Ltd., owned by Australian-born executive Rupert Murdoch, broke their monopoly with the establishment of the Fox television network (see Fox Broadcasting Company). In the 1990s, two other communications giants, Paramount Pictures (a division of Viacom, Inc.) and Warner Bros. (a division of Time Warner Inc.), established networks in the United States.
Before cable television (television signals transmitted by cable to paying subscribers only) decisively ended channel scarcity in the 1980s, viewing choices had been limited in most parts of the United States to the programming that the three networks had developed.
http://autocww.colorado.edu/~flc/E64ContentFiles/CinemaAndBroadcasting/Broadcasting,RadioAndTV.html
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED059581
http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2732&context=lcp
http://www.museum.tv/eotv/unitedstatesc.htm
I'm gonna use this and compare the differences according to the website. =)
Other companies not in the business of broadcasting, including Paramount Pictures and the Zenith Corporation, unveiled postwar plans to enter the field but were effectively blocked by unfavorable governmental regulatory decisions that were lobbied for by the broadcasting giants. In 1948, for example, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a U.S. government agency that regulates broadcasting, instituted a freeze on the issuance of new station licenses. In addition, the FCC initially made only the 12 very high frequency (VHF) channels available for broadcasting, prohibiting use of the 69 ultra high frequency (UHF) channels, which created an artificial scarcity of station frequencies. By the mid-1950s, the three leading broadcasting companies (NBC, CBS, and ABC, which collectively became known as the Big Three), had successfully secured American network television as their exclusive domain. It was not until the mid-1980s that a fourth company, News Corporation, Ltd., owned by Australian-born executive Rupert Murdoch, broke their monopoly with the establishment of the Fox television network (see Fox Broadcasting Company). In the 1990s, two other communications giants, Paramount Pictures (a division of Viacom, Inc.) and Warner Bros. (a division of Time Warner Inc.), established networks in the United States.
Before cable television (television signals transmitted by cable to paying subscribers only) decisively ended channel scarcity in the 1980s, viewing choices had been limited in most parts of the United States to the programming that the three networks had developed.
http://autocww.colorado.edu/~flc/E64ContentFiles/CinemaAndBroadcasting/Broadcasting,RadioAndTV.html
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED059581
http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2732&context=lcp
http://www.museum.tv/eotv/unitedstatesc.htm
Snooks, Thomas Burke data
1940s Comics
Epic and Ode.
The great and mighty hero strikes down evil and saves us all. One figure to stand behind, incomparable to normal mortals.
1960s comics
Grotesque Epic and Tragedy
The heroes are no longer strong enough on their own, they have displayed and celebrated weaknesses. They are vulnerable, and thus need to operate in teams. They can be placed into dangerous (for them) situations, and are otherwise no longer perfect. The Superheroes have turned into a Grotesque Epic.
On the flip side, we see a rise in the "Everyman" Tragedy. The great and mighty can fail, but the populace can do great things. We are praising brotherhood and unity with our fellow citizens.
So What Happened?
Mistrust of power (reaction to McCarthyism and HUAC in populace, thus the 'weakness/vulnerability' of the heroes and the rise of the "everyman" hero and the war stories)
Enemy is interior (both the Commies and the Government, thus the 'everyman' since we can trust him and the attacks on the established heroes)
Fear of the loner/different (what does he have to hide?)
Need for solidarity and community (thus the rise of teams and rise of groups of soldiers).
Historic Transition from Black and White to Color Films
Overall
– Comic frame. No one trying to destroy black and white films.
Burke
Frame
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Quote
or Reference
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Interpretation
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Early
Days
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Films
were black and white-sort of. About 80 percent had some sort of color due to
dyes, stencils, color baths, or tints in at least part of the movie. These
colors were used to create a mood and/or a sense of magic. Gives examples
with fantasy, other worlds and emotions from the late 1800s to the 1920s-Heller.
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Using
a new technology for entertainment. Reflection of society and its mood. It
was really fascinating to see how they used color when it was all done by
hand. It is very different from today’s films, but it creates great moods. It
was interesting that some people seemed to think color was best for less
serious works. We have come a long way.
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Plot
under way
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“artists
want to show motion in color” – always. Color is expensive and not easy to
use. (Technicolor issues) – faces in “Becky Sharpe” criticized as looking
like “roast turkeys”.
Artists
complained that color is distracting from the actors– Vance et al.
Color
is a “commercial gimmick” and black and white lets you focus on what is most
important – Tarkovsky interview
Color
is a moving painting – not life like. – Tarkovsky
In
the film reviews in the 1939 and 1940 New York Times for the films “Rebecca,”
“Gone With the Wind,” and “The Wizard of Oz”, color was only mentioned in the
one for “Gone With the Wind.” That
review said Scarlett was beautiful in Technicolor. It also said that “color is hard on the
eyes for so long a picture.” - Nugent
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Even
in cave drawings, there is sometimes color. Color is used occasionally in the
1930s and 1940s. Tension between artistic desires of filmmakers and how to
use color effectively.
The
idea of a distraction sounds like Dr. Vrooman’s comments on slides. “Everything distracts from everything
else”.
Some
people thought that black and white films showed better character
development. I am not sure, but have never seen an all black and white film.
Character development seems fine in today’s color films.
It
was very hard to find much mention of color or lack of it in old movie
reviews. Most of the comments were
about characterization. It may have
been more of an issue for the filmmakers than the critics or maybe it was
elsewhere – not sure. Or maybe everyone just accepted that most films were in
black and white and did not think about it.
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Transition
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Competition
from television made the movie makers switch to color. When television
switched to color in the mid 1960s, film had to follow-Vance et al.
Not
everyone loved color. Douglas Fairbanks was quoted as saying that color may
detract more than it added. That it may take away from acting. – Vance et al.
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The
public wanted to have color everywhere. In order to make money, I think the
film industry had to switch in order to survive.
It
sounds like a difficult transition. It is hard to imagine some of these conversations
because I have always seen films that are in color. They do not really seem
distracting to me.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Burke Assignment for 3/9
Instead of live class, you will do this. It counts as a quiz grade. Finish this diagram from Stoic Rome to Emergent Collectivism using the Burke readings. Add detail to my beginning as needed (I wasn't finished). You can copy ideas from each other as you build your diagram, but each person must have a unique contribution to score well.
Add a new blog post where you post an image of your diagram.
Add a new blog post where you post an image of your diagram.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Topics for the Burke Analysis
You are analyzing a historical transition of some kind, the way Burke does in Part II of his book. Your task is to find at least one text before the transition and one after and compare them using Burkean tools. More texts than that or texts from during the transition are fine, but those are extra and not required. Start with the text after the transition. Your analysis will show you some key ideas that will help you select a text from before.
As with before, comment (not a new post, Wilson!) here to select.
As with before, comment (not a new post, Wilson!) here to select.
- Revolutionary Era distrust of direct democracy -- Andrew Jackson's "People's President" shift (You can't take this one! Changed my mind!)
- Keynesian economics (JFK) -- supply-side economics (Reagan)
- Mainline Christianity -- First Great Awakening
- Mainline Christianity -- tent revivialism
- "Know Nothing" Isolationism -- Marshall Plan
- Democratic Republicanism (Jefferson) -- Federalism (Hamilton)
- French revolution -- Reign of Terror
- Monroe Doctrine noninterventionism in South America -- 20th century US interventionism
- Pre-Code comic books -- Post-Code comic books
- Pre-2008 GOP -- Tea Party
- JFK/LBJ pro-Vietnam Democrats -- McGovern
- Hand-drawn animation -- 3D animated features (Pixar, etc.)
- Penny and pinball arcades -- video game arcades
- black and white films -- color films
- 2-D video games -- FPS games (Wolfenstein 3-D)
- network TV -- cable TV
- toys pre-Star Wars -- toys post-Star Wars
- Missouri Compromise era -- Civil War
- ragtime -- jazz
- literary structuralist critique -- post-structuralism
- Democratic South -- legacy of Nixon's "Southern Strategy"
- German expressionistic film -- American horror of the 30s and/or film noir of the 40s
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
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