By: David Cox
"Fake News" is a term well known and plenty used in today's age, especially when dealing with politics. Fake news is a problem. News is suppose to be a reliable resource when trying to keep updated on what is going on in the world and around the community, but lately many news sources are giving out false information whether it be because of bias or just ignorance. Solutions for this serious problem are coming out like fact-check outlets like Snopes and Truth or Fiction. This article discusses a different and upcoming solution: Artificial Intelligence. The author of this article, David Cox, shows to be against fake news and its advances due to technology. Cox does however show to be for the technological advances for artificial intelligence that would prevent fake news. The author of the article uses an informative yet casual diction. The author uses an informative and condescending tone. The condescending tone is used when Cox discuses fake news and how technology has aided in its expansion. The informative tone is used when Cox discuses how the future of artificial intelligence can help prevent fake news, even if as this point the technology for it is not fully ready to stop fake news in total. The purpose of this article is to inform the readers of upcoming technology that can help them determine whether or not a source is credible and contains information that is true. The author does a well job at informing because it does not show a large amount of bias because Cox includes the beneficial future of artificial intelligence and the problems that artificial intelligence as of now looks at the style of the language and the topic of the text, but AI can not determine the meaning of a statement. The author does not include an argument in the article because the purpose of the article is to inform the readers where we are at with artificial intelligence that could ultimately effect fake news.
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By David Freeman
On January, 31st 2018, a "Lunar Trifecta" will commence in the continental United States. It is a rare sighting of a blue moon, super moon, and lunar eclipse taking place all at once. This article explains how one may view this rare occurrence. The author of this article is David Freeman. Based on the article, Freeman shows interest towards the topic of astronomy but does not show any emotion towards the topic because the article is informational. Just in the title, the author says "Here's how to see it" referring to the "Lunar Trifecta", which is an example of how the article is informational. The author uses informal diction in the article because not only is the article informational, but it is also meant to encourage the readers to go out and see the "Lunar Trifecta". The author appeals to logic because Freeman includes data like how " Lunar eclipses occur up to three times a year, supermoons about once every 14 months, and blue moons about once every 2.7 years, according to Space.com. NASA says this trifecta will be the first in 35 years. The next won't come until 2037", which helps the author encourage readers to go see this phenomenon because it is rare. The author's attitude toward the event is enthusiastic that creates an enthusiastic tone. The purpose of this article, as said before, is to not only inform but to encourage people to go out and see this occurrence; therefore, having an enthusiastic tone helps accomplish that purpose. The author does not seem to make an argument but more of persuading the readers, which the author does a well job at doing because he not only tells how each individual astronomic occurrence is a sight to be seen, but all three of them at the same time is not only rare, but tremendous to see. By Corey S. Powell The Earth is going to die. Maybe not now, but in the future, the Earth will die in a fiery inferno. And so will Mars. The entire universe will die. Even though our universe will cease to exist does not mean the human race has to also. There is now a possible future of where Humans can outlive the entire universe by hopping planets. The Earth will not die in another 1.5 billion years and in just another century we are looking at having a colonization on Mars. The author of the article has an inviting and hopeful tone which draws in the readers. The main focus of the article is how the human race has a foreseeable future to outlive not only the Earth, but the entire Milky Way Galaxy. The tone that the author uses shows that Powell has a large interest in the future of space and exploration. The author also uses an informal and formal tone in the article. The formal tone is used when describing the scientific levels of this possible future for humans and the informal tone is used more to connect with the readers. The author uses words like "baked" and "blasted" to describe how the Earth will come to its ending demise. Powell appeals to his credibility by including quotes from scientists that have some knowledge on the overall topic. Powell includes a quote from California astronomer Gregory Laughlin. The author does not include an argument in the article because the purpose of the article is to inform people on this possible future, maybe not for them, but for the human race. By Megan Gannon Currently, the colonization of Mars is a large focus. At the rate that we are going, humans can not stay on Earth forever. We need solutions. One of the many solutions is Mars. However, moving to a whole new and different planet will come with many difficulties and this article focuses on farming on Mars. The author provides an informative article that is focused around the prospective future of farming. The author uses formal diction to match with the scientific focus of the article. The formal diction helps show how the studies and practices that scientists are now doing on Earth, for example with cosmic tomatoes, can help with the future farming aspect on Mars. The author shows an encouraging along with an informative tone to not only inform the reader, but to be optimistic about the the future of farming on Mars. The author, Megan Gannon, includes images of experiments that are meant to help to the overall practice of farming on Mars. The photos include one of a vegetable harvest growing on the International Space Station and another of successful tests that uses synthetic urine to fertilize plants, which helps the goal of making everything recyclable in a closed environment. Gannon includes quotes from people who have some relation to the topic of the article. David Ramirez is a CIP scientist and Jens Hauslage is the leader of the German experiment Eu:CROPIS. The author includes quotes from both of these individuals who seem qualified in their field which appeals to her credibility. Since this article is to inform then appealing to her own credibility makes the audience trust what she has to inform about. The purpose of this article is to give the readers a better understanding on the matter of Mars, more specifically how right now scientists are experimenting to find solutions to farming on Mars. Left Image: Vegetable harvest on the International Space Station. Amanda Griffin / NASA
Right Image: Successful tests with Eu:CROPIS models. German Aerospace Center (DLR) By Kate Baggaley
The author of this article discusses the future of our health and smartphones. Smartphones are capable of doing a lot of things and this article does a well job of describing the possible future impact that smartphones can have on our medical care. The author uses an informal diction to try and connect more with the reader. The uses of this informal plays a large part in showing how this technology is not so high tech that the average person can simply use it by downloading an app or connecting a device to your phone. Baggaley's tone is hopeful and exciting for the future. As she talks about the different uses that a smartphone can be used for medical uses like diagnosing heart problems and checking skin lesions for cancer, her tone is hopeful for the new ways that an object that people use everyday can help make an efficient health diagnosis. Baggaley's purpose of this article is to inform people of this innovation that is currently happening with smartphones and the health of people. There is currently scientific breakthroughs with being able to diagnosis a patient without going into a doctors' office and people need to be informed. The author appeals the most to logos in this article. She includes facts on how a smartphone can be used to revolutionize health care like small attachments "typically costing less then $100", that can take routine medical tests. The author also appeals to pathos by making the reader feel astonished by how far we are in medicine and what the future can become. The author appeals to ethos by including direct quotes from people with credibility and inserting links into her article to where she gets the information that she states. The author does not make a direct argument on smartphones role in medical care, but based on her tone, diction, and her appeals she seems to be more on the side of having smartphones play a role in health, but also knowing that this technology can never actually replace a real doctor. By Associated Press
The author of this article does an excellent job of informing readers of a natural disaster that may occur in Indonesia. The author clearly states how a great deal of people, over 120,000, are fearing for their lives which gives into the emotion of the reader by making them feel sympathetic. The likelihood of a volcanic eruption is also put into play to try and rationalize their fear. The purpose of the article is to inform people about this issue with the Mount Agung volcano that is occurring in Indonesia. The author uses neutral diction that is not so far on the formal side to connect with the readers and not so far on the informal side to address this serious issue. The fear that of when or even if this volcano may erupt and how it is affecting the people of that area is the main focus of the article. The author appeals the most to logos to rationalize the fear that the people in the area have. With when the volcano last erupted, how many people it killed, an the devastation that it brought along with it. Sympathetic emotion is apparent throughout the article to bring more attention to the subject. The author also appeals to pathos by adding photos of the events in Indonesia. The author end the article my explaining how Indonesia is prone to volcanoes, appealing to logos, because of its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire". |