Sunday, September 8, 2013
The Blog I Chose To Analyze
The blog I chose to analyze like I have stated before is Big Questions Online. The purpose of this blog is to explore questions of human purpose and to spark discussion through these topics in a unbiased way. The audience of this blog would be people who want to investigate deeper meanings of the universe than what is just apparent to the common eye which could be a very broad audience so to say. This website is a publication of the John Templeton Foundation which funds inter-disciplinary research about human purpose and ultimate reality. The foundation gives away about $70 million per year in research grants and programs and accepts online funding inquiries twice a year. The visual organization contributes to a reading of the blog's "rhetorical situation" in many ones. First of all, the website portrays it's exigency by showing the "Favorite Discussions" big and bold right in the center. This shows what the website is all about and what keeps the website going. Which leads to the second thing that relates to the rhetorical situations, the audience. The audience as I have already stated is people who want to explore true meaning in the universe. The constraints of the website are that even though people can comment on discussions and give their opinion, each comment must be approved before being posted. This changes the way I think about the website even though they state that comments will only not be posted if they; disrupt the flow of conversation relating to the article under which it is posted, is off-topic, harasses or abuses other members of the community, is libelous, obscene, or offensive, encourages or condones unlawful activity, contains personal contact details (other than a URL) or advertisements, or is repetitious or spam. But how can we know for sure that is true?
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I like how you analyzed this the blog. The post itself is very well rewritten. I like how you explained the purpose of the blog. You gave a very clear definition of the purpose. In turn it being so clear you gave the audience with just the purpose. I like how you described the way the comments are monitored.
ReplyDeleteGreat analysis of the blog. I totally agree with the comments.Comments should be open to the public. Yes, spam can be a problem but some people have great comments that can help readers contribute to the blog.
ReplyDeleteI think the limitations on what can be commented is important as well. Some comments may be misunderstood by some and there must be flaws in the moderation of the comments. An upvote/downvote system similar to Reddit's may be a better option.
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