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Blog Post #4

 My first plan for the revision is to start with reviewing the feedback of my literature review so that I can see what areas need to be stronger. I then plan to use a lot of the information that I gathered from my literature review to use for my proposal. At first glance, it looked like the things that I need to focus on the most are to add more connections between my sources and text, include my research gap within it, and create stronger connections between the text and the website. For my project I am asking a few women from different ages and from different backgrounds to review Planned Parenthood's website and answer a series of questions. I am hoping that doing this will help people change their overall perspective on Planned Parenthood and the work they do for women. I am also hopeful that people will find the website to be very well laid out and comforting for those who might be skeptical. 

Blog Post #3

 My literature review was on the web design and rhetoric used on Planned Parenthoods website. The existence of Planned Parenthoods clinic is very controversial, so I thought that it might be interesting to see what they used on their website that appealed to readers. I learned a lot about all of the different services that this clinic provides and I found it really interesting how their website was worded and set up in a way that made users feel safe and comfortable while viewing some of the information that could be viewed as intimidating on their site. It was a little bit difficult for me to find information and credible sources that directly related to Planned Parenthoods rhetoric and use of web design, however, I was able to find many sources that helped me to make that connection myself. The gap for my review was whether or not Planned Parenthoods websites web design and rhetoric appealed to viewers and while I did not find sources that related to this exactly, I was to conclu...