Evaluation of the previous posts

In the last couple of posts I presented a variaty of the types of techniques used in class to help with persuasion.

A message from Sheriff John Bunell was attempting to make readers belive that Internet crime is a social problem and that although there are many advancements being made to help the police, it is still a concern. John Bunell being from a semi-national T.V show and a cop was a trustworthy canidate for the cause as well as an experienced spokesman because of his age, and his experience working with police officers on a variety of cases.

Aunt Rody was a humorous example of central route processing. in that passage I was showing the practice of taking both sides of the argument (A.) do nothing about online saftey. B.) become aware and get protection) presenting both sides, and than explaining why the second choice would be a better alternative than the first. Aunt Rody is somewhat aware of what is going on in terms of computers and it makes her evaluate what she is doing in terms of internet saftey.

Take my Survey was showing that I can make a survey and put it in a blog

Did you know was an example of how fear is used in terms of acheving a goal. I was carful to present this as a danger goal and not as just fear. I stared by giving examples of how Internet saftey is a real danger to people and that it can seriously effect your life if left untreated. I than let the readers know that this WILL HAPPEN to you if you do nothing. the third part of the blog shows how it is likly that this will not happen if they learn to protect themselves and the last part of the blog gives steps on how to protects oneself and the family while using the internet,.

Project Project was an example of Peripheral Route Prcessing and was designed to distract readers from the simple message so that the message is easy to remember and the point gets across easily.

A message from chris Hansen was another example of using an expert/a person who is easy to relate to as a spokesperson. Chris Hansen has seen his share of crimals and because he is not part of the police force/introduced many Americans to child preditors, he can be viewed as a hero to some people because he gots criminals off the streets and showed how cops catch preditors. The hope was that some poeple would be ammused by the Chris Hansen referance but at the same time would take it seriously because he his a respected source.