"Leonard Pitts: Social media can be deadly"
Speaker - Leonard Pitts; values old way of life and public communication
Occasion - society built around technology/obsessed with communication; caused someone to die unexpectedly
Audience - those who must have electronics; everyone with a phone
Purpose - challenges human society's way of life (constant communication through social media, etc.); wants social media to stop controlling human interaction
Subject - how social media has changed human society for the worse
Tone - dark but revealing and reflective
Leonard Pitts's article, "Social media can be deadly", delves into a tragic situation involving the death of a 20 year-old college student. A man was able to pull out a .45 caliber pistol and wave it around on a light-rail train- without being noticed- before shooting Justin Valdez in the back of the head. People today are so consumed by cell phones and other portable devices that it has changed the human society. Pitts is rather sarcastic but also very revealing about our dependence on connectivity with people in our lives. The last line speaks for itself when looking at the author's tone as a whole: "Technology has trained us to look down in search of connection. This man's death is a cruel reminder: You need to look up sometimes as well." Pitts seems to have a close connection to the overall message of people being to attached to their devices; he effectively uses Valdez's death in a respectful way by demonstrating that the human society should look at what occurred to change their dependency on social media. He uses his death as dark evidence which in turn speaks volumes to readers. The video he depicts really generates an authentic tone because many of us can relate to looking up and seeing everyone looking down at their phones.
Speaker - Leonard Pitts; values old way of life and public communication
Occasion - society built around technology/obsessed with communication; caused someone to die unexpectedly
Audience - those who must have electronics; everyone with a phone
Purpose - challenges human society's way of life (constant communication through social media, etc.); wants social media to stop controlling human interaction
Subject - how social media has changed human society for the worse
Tone - dark but revealing and reflective
Leonard Pitts's article, "Social media can be deadly", delves into a tragic situation involving the death of a 20 year-old college student. A man was able to pull out a .45 caliber pistol and wave it around on a light-rail train- without being noticed- before shooting Justin Valdez in the back of the head. People today are so consumed by cell phones and other portable devices that it has changed the human society. Pitts is rather sarcastic but also very revealing about our dependence on connectivity with people in our lives. The last line speaks for itself when looking at the author's tone as a whole: "Technology has trained us to look down in search of connection. This man's death is a cruel reminder: You need to look up sometimes as well." Pitts seems to have a close connection to the overall message of people being to attached to their devices; he effectively uses Valdez's death in a respectful way by demonstrating that the human society should look at what occurred to change their dependency on social media. He uses his death as dark evidence which in turn speaks volumes to readers. The video he depicts really generates an authentic tone because many of us can relate to looking up and seeing everyone looking down at their phones.