Blog Post #2

 For my topic I am interested in looking at Planned Parenthoods website and see how they word their pages. They use specific writing to help their website and business sound like a safe place and help everyone understand how everything works so I thought it would interesting to look into the language used and see how readers respond to that language. I am still not quite sure what I will be doing specifically or what my research question is though. I found sources in rhetoric used in websites, website design, the planned parenthood web pages, and different marketing words.

Parenthood, P. (n.d.). Should I Get An Abortion?: Information to Help You Decide. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/considering-abortion

Understanding Visual Rhetoric and Website Design. (2017, September 25). Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://blog.boonle.com/visual-rhetoric-website-design/

Parenthood, P. (n.d.). Official Site. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

MasterClass. (2019, October 22). Writing 101: What Is Rhetoric? Learn About Rhetorical Devices in Writing and 3 Modes of Persuasion in Rhetoric - 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://www.masterclass.com/articles/writing-101-what-is-rhetoric-learn-about-rhetorical-devices-in-writing-and-3-modes-of-persuasion-in-rhetoric

31 Common Rhetorical Devices and Examples. (n.d.). Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/rhetorical-devices-list-examples

Rhetorical Analysis of Favorite Websites. (n.d.). Retrieved September 16, 2020, from http://www.digirhetorics.org/rhetorical-analysis-of-favorite-websites.html

Brech, J. (1969, December 29). Website welcome message - wording examples. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://webwisewording.com/website-welcome-message/

Connick, W. (n.d.). Why Choosing Your Words Carefully Is Important as a Salesperson. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://www.thebalancecareers.com/choose-your-words-carefully-2917432

10 Crucial Elements for Any Website Design - Top Digital Agency: San Francisco & Austin. (2017, February 06). Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://mayvenstudios.com/blog/10-crucial-elements-for-any-website-design

Council, F. (2017, October 13). Council Post: 13 Important Elements To Include When Designing A Website. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2017/10/13/13-important-elements-to-include-when-designing-a-website/

Comments

  1. Karianne Gurr ENGL3450September 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM

    That's such an interesting topic! I'm excited to see what you come up with for your research question!

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  2. Tia MolloySeptember 16, 2020 at 6:43 PM

    The most helpful sources were the how to articles that offered step by step explanations to create a website and the rhetoric that should be used in it. I'm hoping that doing the annotated bibliography will help me gain better insight into what it takes to build a website that doesn't just sound like a bunch of words on a page, but a person talking to you and helping you through the process. After that, I plan to go into further detail on this website and the rhetoric used in it for the lit review.

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  3. Dr. Florence Elizabeth BacabacSeptember 17, 2020 at 8:09 PM

    Hi Tia,

    I love that your topic choice focuses on the rhetoric used in websites, website design, information dissemination/marketing, etc. This will really be a valuable research in contribution to our field in PTW!

    Keep working on the sources annotations and as you've mentioned in your blog post (in which I agree), hopefully, a specific dent or gap will allow you to pursue this rhetorical analysis topic more moving forward.

    You might also want to see later on how other scholars/researchers analyzed other websites from a technical communication perspective to find out how they market a particular agenda, etc. for possible inclusion to your own method of examination.

    Best,

    Dr. B

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