Rhetoric is far more intertwined within society than I could have ever expected it to be. I am looking for rhetoric everywhere I look, whether it's the news or at a department store. One thing I particularity found interesting was on how we can use it to sway people to exercise more.. Many people may know that I am trying to become a Physical Education Teacher, and it is part of my job to motivate young adults to adopt healthy behaviors for life. If I learn how to use rhetoric effectively than I am almost guaranteed to sway these young adults to achieve there health goals. Approaching rhetoric with Pathos is a method to pull emotion into why it is important to build healthy habits like exercise, and why achieving your body shape goals are achievable through hard work.
In class, we've been constantly discussing how people do or don't have a responsibility to society, looking at that, what we need to think about is what each person's motivations are, and what leads them to do actions. As an example, take a wealthy public figure and imagine they did something to make the public or media mad, so next to get back on the good side of the public, they would make an expensive donation, or start a charity, or even just apologize to have the public and media back on their side. Now some would, no most would say that's just them that doesn't apply to the "average joe," then think of this, a complete random person, "your average joe" if you will, donates to a charity. Why did they do this? To be a good person or because they have a duty to society, no, they did this because, in the end, it makes them look better to the public, or even if it's an anonymous donation, they are still making themselves feel better by doing
As a business major, I too can see how rhetoric is so heavily involved within the business world. Knowing more and more about rhetoric can also help anyone in life communicate more effectively.
ReplyDeleteP.S Good luck! Keep doing what you're doing, living a healthy and happy life is so important.
I feel that rhetoric when it comes to weight loss can become a touchy subject. I think it is important to promote healthy lifestyles and it is definitely something that should be more widespread. It is when it comes to celebrities that this can become dangerous. Many may be familiar with the slim tea products that were constantly promoted by the Kardashians. When you have such a young, impressionable audience it becomes dangerous to promote such harmful products. I think its great that you want to explore promoting healthier options for young adults and I hope that you can change the negative connotations when it comes to weight loss.
ReplyDeleteI hope you achieve your goal. I think you are doing some good in the world. When it comes to exercising many people find it hard to do and hopefully you can find a fun and helpful way to exercise
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