Read two political blogs and then blog yourself on how to blog attempts to persuade. How quickly did it take you to figure out the general orientation of the blog? Comment on the usage of logos, ethos, and pathos. What about the use of images? Comments? Links? Think about adding to their comments if you are so inclined.
The first blog i looked at was "instapundit.com." This blog had titles of the posts made on the main home page. In these titles, a few words of key important woudl be in blue and were the links to other posts or articles. By doing this, the author draws atention to his main focus and potentially his own opinion on the topic. He attempts to persuade readers by providing them with information, but information targeted toward a particular side of the opinion. I saw very quickly that this guy was not a Mike Huckabee fan sine there were many titles disputing or mocking him. There wer a few images and lots of links.
The second blog was "The corner." This article was a bit harder to figure out. Actually, I'm still not sure i really know what the over view of teh bloggers is. There were some pieces that were clearly pro a certain candidate, like Romney, and others, like ones about MIke Huckabee, are a bit more mixed and confusing. There were some that said he was a better theologist than political leader and others giving mixed message about his speeches given. I think the blog attempts to persuade by giving the people an option to get their own voice out there. There was one blog taht said this, "Romney wins in a romp. Positive and substantive.," which very clearly gets the point and opnion accross of this blogger. The overall blog is a piecing together from many different types of people. There aren't many links or pictures, mainly personal blogs.
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