Two
essential questions and their answers according to the documentary I watched: 1) How do modern modes of communication affect the rhetorical
devices individuals have at their disposal?
With
this particular documentary I feel rhetorical devices are the only way that a
point would have been achieved.
This mode of communication, which I believe is an informational
documentary (visual communication to a wide audience), used the appeals heavily
in order to make a point. It
is because this is a visual mode of communication that the appeals are needed
because when people see results such as people losing weight it affects them
and their mood more so then if they heard someone using a rhetorical device
such as an anaphora which would not be so effective in this case because that
is used for written communication and not so much visual communication. Since the video has been invented and
more modern forms of communication have formed, written forms of rhetorical
devices do not deem effective anymore. To keep up with the times, the appeals
are very reliable to either inform, persuade or to connect with the visual
audience. It is in this way that
modern modes of communication affect rhetorical devices that people can use,
because not all rhetorical devices will be affective and it is obvious that
this is so through the documentary I watched and through every other form of
modern communication.
2) How have modern modes of communication been perceived and
received by the global community?
The
modes of communication in our modern world have varying affects on people
depending on the age group or generation or maybe even gender. However people are taking advantage of
the new forms of communication that are available. For example, ads in
magazines are vibrant and creative with less words then there are colors, commercials
attract people through sounds, visual appeals and connections to their inner
thoughts. Texting and phone calls
get information to people quickly and easily. E-mails can send messages,
pictures, attachments, documents, and videos. Every form of communication today has so much more involvement
then communication a few decades ago.
In my eyes, it is easier to persuade people of today then it was to
persuade people to buy something when television was not around. People of
today easily receive information through these modes and depends on their mind
set on how they perceive it. The
documentary I watched was clearly going for a dramatic affect and showing
before and after pictures of people losing weight because of this new juice
diet and how they are taking care of their bodies. This communicated to the public that they should not only
eat healthier, but they should exercise, and if they do they will look as
beautiful and feel as healthy as every person in the documentary felt at the
end of their journey. People
easily believe what they see in this world. “You have to see it to believe it” is a quote I highly
believe relates to modern society and how they perceive the world around
them. Anyone can say a diet works,
but if they have hard facts, quotes from doctors, and pictures then most people
will take this credibility into consideration and realize the connections they
could make to their own life.
Modes of communication of today aim to persuade and connect with the
people, and thus far that is how they perceive it.
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