Gene Roddenberry's Rhetorical Genre

Australian TV shows have changed rapidly over the years. The decades that will be discussed in this presentation include the 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s and the 2000’s. Australian TV has influenced many changes in our society; some of these included fashion trends, hobbies, job courses, the food we eat, our opinions on things and, the way that we view ourselves and others. Some social issues have arisen over the years include the negative effects on our youth due to television watching.

The television shows from 1950 to the present are connected in many ways. The characters showed in the 1950s television show called Leave It To Beaver all have white coloured skin and portrayed as a happy, perfect family. As the decades increased, the nuclear families turned into blended families, and the television shows started to have coloured characters. The families started to have problems and social situations. The viewer sees the conflicts inside the family begin as the years progress. For example, in the 2000's we examined a television show called Arrested Development. The show portrays the characters as if they are troubled and have problems. The children do not listen to their parents but instead have

Living by the restrictions that society places upon us, humanity is constrained to follow rules. Television writers were forced to write a certain way and were forced to leave out information that society would deem as improper, rude, and even racist. However, in 1971, a groundbreaking American television sitcom broke through societal boundaries and transformed the way that the American audience viewed television. Engulfed by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, fight for women's right, and the Watergate scandal, Norman Lear persevered through stereotypes and entertainment norms with his show All in the Family. This show approached its audience in a very blunt and crude manner; it made conflict the center of its comedy. It dealt with contemporary cultural issues in a relatable way, which blue allowed blue-collar workers to learn about their current everyday issues and concerns. Through his show All in the Family, Norman Lear highlighted sensitive topics such as racism, bigotry, and sexual relations to prove that they are still alive in our country; thus, Norman Lear is an agent of change by bringing awareness to social issues.

Additionally, King builds his credibility with the utilization of ethos in his text in order to convince them of his argument. By appealing to the readers’ ethics, they can see how trustworthy King’s words are and then can let themselves be persuaded by his matter-of fact tone and professionalism in writing. King is a realist, which means that he almost always represents things as they really are, which profoundly helps establish his honest persona. Most of Stephen King’s writing represents more than one tenet, as his stories that he tells about his childhood and road to recovery from drug addiction and alcoholism can be seen as not only pathos, but and etho as well, as these stories help the readers to understand what kind of person he is, and how he accomplished all of his success despite a couple of major roadblocks. This is why it can be seen that King uses pathos most heavily in his writing, by telling vivid stories, etc. in order to touch upon human emotion towards human experiences/traits, while also creating a strong voice in his writing as well. The overlapping of these appeals help support the ethics and sensibility of King’s work. There are scores of times where it can be clearly identified where ethos have been used in his writing. For example, King says “I’m a slow reader, but i usually get through seventy or eighty books a year, mostly fiction. I don't read in order to study the craft; i read because i like to read.- Similarly, I don't read to study the art of fiction, but simply because I like stories-Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (King, pg 145) This helps to support the idea that writing is learned through reading, and also is learned through the mistakes of other writers. There is no better way to learn than to look at a piece of writing that has some minor or even major flaws and to analyze the piece to see what the issue is, and learn from their mistake to better your own writing in the future. Another one of King’s main arguments is that no writer is perfect. There are always things that you can do to make your writing even better, no matter how small the adjustment may be. It’s a learning process

Television executive Lauren Zalaznick, gave a presentation called “The conscience of television” for TED Talk which she discussed past five decades of the highest standing shows on air. Zalaznick runs studies which go to great lengths on how the topics of television shows changed from decade to decade and how viewers changed the reason of watching based on what was happening in the world. Television’s conscious effects our emotions, challenges our values, and influences our views on the world by what we choice to watch.

Star Trek is a franchise that has been around for a very long time; it has been turned into books, movies and a television series. Television is one of the world 's most influential pieces of propaganda. Whether it is being used to promote the next president, sponsor the newest upcoming athlete, or tell you about your favorite show, television is used to influence the world and how we perceive it. The popular television show aired for the first time in 1966 and throughout the years has seen many important events in its lifetime. Societal issues that were present in Star Trek, such as racism, sexuality, war, and scientific theories, continue to appear in today’s mainstream culture, even decades after the show came to an end.

Through the Cold War, America was transitioning in various ways such as the way messages were shared, consumerism, and the constant race against the Soviet Union. During the years 1959-1964, Rod Serling, a New York writer and playwright began using one of the newest inventions, the television, as a way to share his opinion about controversial topics. The rise of the television allowed Serling to access to a larger audience whom he could share his opinion in the form of science fictional episodes in the show The Twilight Zone. Although the show seems ominous and a horror related TV show, it allows us to understand the effects and feeling towards topics such as a possible nuclear war, consumerism, space exploration.

Happiness is a person who experience positive emotions, share and received love, someone who is always laughs and has a smile on his face. Not all the people has the pleasure of having those feelings. Can be hard in life finding happiness when people around, are not happy either in life. In the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer deals about Chris McCandless who had a long life to live but, dies in the wild pursuing his happiness. Christopher Johnson McCandless come from a wealthy family and a brilliant man with perfect grades. He had everything in life, but he was not happy at all so, he decides to leave everything behind and start on a journey. Even though he did not went into the right path to reach his happiness, at the end he died for consuming the wrong seeds to survive in the wild. Jon Krakauer identify a lot with Chris McCandless’s life that he decided to write a book about Chris’s life. Joh Krakauer applies into the book the rhetorical situation and rhetorical appeals.

     What role does television play in society? For decades we have seen many parts of our world rapidly going through changes in technology. Today’s society has been transformed by means of communication and the available information through mass media. Most Americans rely on television for news, sports, and entertainment. Television is just one of the many examples of how technology has changed our lives. Since the invention of the television in the early 1900’s, it has played a very important role in our lives. Having a television set in the home has become very essential in today’s society. We depend on it to entertain us with its sitcoms and to inform us about current world issues. The

Gene Weingarten used multiple rhetorical strategies and devices such as lists, anecdotes, and metaphors in order to appeal to his audience’s sense of credibility, emotion, and logic. The audience he is aiming to reach is people that don’t believe they are capable of killing their child by leaving them in a hot car. He is trying to show that anyone is susceptible to doing this, as well as introducing the possibility that killing your child in that manner, isn’t always a crime. Everyone is at mercy of their brain’s functions and the way their body handles memorization and stress. The way he presents his argument with multiple anecdotes, and various other strategies help Weingarten reach his audience and achieve his purpose.

In “Re-Composing Space: Composition’s Rhetorical Geography,” Binkley and Smith discuss the origin and limitations of rhetorical theory used within Anglo-American composition. The authors provide five detailed sections to inform the reader. The first section introduces the Greek origin of rhetorical theory used in western civilization, while conversing less dominant rhetorical approaches. The following section, further examines classical rhetoric and the limitations imposed by ancient Greek civilization. The third section provides detail as to how higher education in Anglo-American society emulates the exclusionary practices of the Greek agora. To illustrate this point, a quote from Don Mitchell explains that the Agora, or public, was a specifically

When looking at the recent years the definition of poilitical correctness has changed substantially. A believer of this statement as well as Pulitzer prize winner, Gene Weingarten wrote the column, “Will I ever yield to the modern sissification of discourse? Nope.” Published on November 23, 2016 by The Washington Post, he argues that people in this modern world have become way to sensitive to basic debates. Weingarten starts building his debate by strong use of negation, and appeals to a general audience. Towards the end of his column he uses strong evidence that supports his ideas and displays the real world “issue” at hand.

The Tv show (more info about the show)Star Trek is an all around a great show. It's about a crew out in space who complete different missions every episode. One might not know about it, is how it’s characters are related to rhetorical appeals. The three main characters Mr.Spock, Dr.McCoy, and Captain Kirk. Consistently portrait either ethos, logos, or pathos throughout the whole making of the show. How you may ask? Let us see why.

This episode of Firefly begins en media res. Surprisingly I was able to follow the storyline even with the flashbacks. It shows us how each crew member came to be aboard the Serenity by flashing back to the past. The Serenity breaks down in the middle of nowhere leaving Captain Mal and his crew stranded and with little oxygen. Captain Mal orders his crew to leave the Serenity in two separate shuttles and head in two different directions. By doing so he hopes to increase the chances of getting help. Captain mal stays behind with his ship hoping that someone will pick up the signal that Wash the Serenity’s pilot released before boarding one of the shuttles.

About 65% of the households in Untied States have three or more television sets, but the average has about 2. Television is a highly entertaining, and relaxing commodity. Americans are so attached to a screen that shows their favorite series and become basically in love with it that they spend countless hours watching it. During the story Harrison Bergeron, it’s shown that the society watching TV is manipulated into thinking the opposite way that today’s society is. Modern day society has many bright and creative thinkers that think outside the box with creative ideas that further improve the society.