- Author/Speaker- Two very credible women were interviewed for the Fox News video clip covering the topic of designer babies. Lauren Streicher, MD obstetrics/ gynecology, works at Northwestern University medical school. I was able to corroborate the credentials of Dr. Steicher online on a gynecologist specialist website. Apart from being a leader in her field, she has appeared on many media outlets discussing aspects of women's health. Naomi Schafer Riley, New York columnist. I was also able to corroborate Naomi Riley's credentials as a columnist on the New York Post website where all of her other articles are available. You can also follow her on Twitter.
- Audience- The intended audience is anyone who follows social media trends. This news segment began with a story about how Kim Kardashian-West chose the sex of her new baby to be a boy. People following celebrities might be interested in this video and topic because of the brand names they brought into it. Also, the video is very short so the audience wants a quick summary of the main points of the controversy.
- Context- The video was broadcasted July 6, 2015 showing how current this debate is. Also, the video is contextualized with the release of the news that Kim Kardashian-West revealed they chose the sex of their baby to be a boy.
- Author/Speaker- This article was published online by CBS news and interviews several different people about their ideas on designer babies. The most quoted speaker is Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg. I corroborated through the site The Fertility Institute that Dr. Stienberg M.D. is the director of reproductive endocrinology. His experience in the field makes him a credible speaker on the subject of designer babies.
- Audience- The audience of this article is anyone who wants a brief summary of the debate that is ensuing about designer babies. The article pulls from several sources and includes lots of options to show the controversy in all lights.
- Context- This article was published March 6, 2009 after the news was aired on television. The fact that this article is almost 7 years old makes the statements and opinions questionable because they could have changed as more information about designer babies has been released.
- Author/Speaker- Three high school seniors all write a piece stating their opinion on the controversy; Ashley Monroe, a senior at Paw Paw High School, Larissa Weld, a senior at Galesburg-Augusta High School, and Chris Henneman, a senior at Three Rivers High School. Because they are high schoolers, the credibility cannot be established very well.
- Audience- The audience is for other students and faculty aware of their pieces being published to learn about the debate they are speaking on. This site is not available to the mass media, but people that look closely will be able to find it. This piece differs form most published articles because it strictly gives opinion and not just a summary of the controversy.
- Context- These pieces were published online in 2010, so the date is a little old. However, the opinions are still applicable to the debate because the same issue regarding ethics continues to be disputed over.
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Reflection:
My sources were did not provide the most sufficient content to be a analyzed, so I think I did my best in developing a post that reflected the articles. Analyzing the author and speaker was easiest for me because I have many tools now to go about finding information to verify there credibility. I approached analyzing the context of the articles similar to my peers by looking at the date of the article published and determining how relevant the information is right now. After reading articles and reading my peer's evaluations I have better ideas of what to look for when finding a public speech article. I read Cynthia and Katherine's blog posts. If I can't find better ones to replace 1 or 2 of mine above, I might have to look at a new topic that provides more rhetorical pieces.
I found this topic really applicable to today's culture and current scientific and technological discoveries. After reading and browsing through the three hyperlinks you included in the post, I would have to say that the last two are the most compelling and interesting. The last one, which is written almost as an editorial, provides a good "pathos" argument that grabbed my attention. The second to last article, which was published on CBS, also offers a very strong and engaging account of the controversy. But, if I had to choose just one of the options, it would be the article written by high school students. I think the first source had the least valuable argument, because it provided more of a summary than an argument. Overall, this is a very interesting research topic, that I would be willing to read about!
ReplyDeleteI think that all of these sources were very interesting and would definitely be good to do the next project on! I found the video on Fox to be the most interesting. Both women involved in the debate were very educated on the topic which gives them both enormous credibility. The video got to the point quickly which will make it a little bit easier on your part to analyze. I found the article from Mlive to be interesting but lacking a little bit in credibility. Although the three high school seniors probably know what they are talking about, the fact that they do not actually have a degree yet could hinder people's opinions about what they think. Overall, the sources were very interesting.
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