Connections

In my anthropology class, I learn about the origins our human communication. We discuss many different events were gestural communication is present. The other day, someone brought up the Joe Paterno memorial service. To start, someone mentioned music. We talked about the different emotions that were triggered by every different song. Then, I brought up the visual montages. People mentioned that some of the images were very repetitive on different montages. And lastly, someone mentioned the speeches from various players, his family, and as well as the speech given by Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike. 

The girl sitting next to me starting elaborating on how all these things relate to logos, pathos, and ethos. Then, this sparked me to bring up the idea how the Joe Paterno memorial service is something that can perfectly fit into the mapping out of a situation. What would branch out would be that the memorial was a great opportunity for exigence. All the people who didn't get a chance to say something were given the opportunity at the service. Also, there was a common place because everyone at the service felt that Coach Paterno was a role model. Finally, from all of this, there was a large rhetorical audience. There were so many people that watched and attended the service that were influenced by the verbal and visual discourse the service provided. 

I think this mapping out can be done with a lot of situations, but what I find the most interesting is how everything like kairos, pathos, logos, ethos, visuals, soundtrack, and verbal presentations can influence the rhetorical audience immensely. If you think about it, the multi-media project coming up is not only to address a social problem, but how well we can use all of these, put it together, and influence the rhetorical audience watching. Im hoping this will come in handy for the multi-media presentation coming up!