Author Archives: Lindsey

With the release of the fifth addition of one of the most popular violence roll-playing video games, Grand Theft Auto, came accusations of video games causing violence. The media uses video games as a scapegoat. It is easy for them to blame … Continue reading →

When thinking of Burke’s Pentad, the first example to analyze that popped into my mind was Walter White from the my favorite tv show, Breaking Bad. Walter was a high school chemistry teacher that had a handicapped son and a baby … Continue reading →

1. I want to study music as a form or public discourse 2. I will look at either specific songs or artists and determine how they use rhetoric in the music. 3. I want to prove that music is a … Continue reading →

1)  What is the broad topic you’d like to focus on? I would like to focus on Music. 2) What are some of the specific artifacts you might study (e.g. speeches, images, or instances of public discourse)? I want to … Continue reading →

My main goal for this class is to understand how music can be a form of public discourse. And while reading through these questions we are asked to consider, the one that stuck out the most to me is the … Continue reading →