Monday 16 June 2014

Analysis


“Women Should Not Be Allowed To Vote!”
 
(In distinct) It’s your friend James the Preacher here (1) [adjusts glasses] Uh (1)
(^) Why women should (2) (v) not be allowed to vote (3) number one (3) just because it would get them angry (.) these feminists need to be outraged by men (1) these women are out of control out of their place now there’s some Godly holy women I’m not talking about them (2) I’m talking about the rest the 99% (.) the other (.) that uh (2) [tsk] rebellious (.) uh (.) just uh (1) loud mouthed (.) outspoken (2) uh (.) they think they’re in control they think they’re equal with a man (2) God’s place (.) is for a woman (1) Uh (1) to be in submission [gestures hands to the left] [laughs] (in distinct) but point number one is (.) Uh (1) (^) it’s worth telling women they shouldn’t vote just to see them go [pulls shocked face] (holds for 3 seconds) n’yknow If they do that long enough (2) I told a female a couple of times they were stunned (.) y’know there mouth was open [gestures open mouth] [laughs] (.) if you do that (1) another forty five seconds (.) you’ll break the world record for a woman being quiet [laughs] (.) call the new York times hallelujah (1) (v) so it’s worth it just to see the look on their face (.) and number two they need to be told no (3) most women aren’t told no so it’s a good thing (.) secondly though the bibles place for a woman is to be in submission I know there was queens and all that but that’s (1) that’s the exception folks in fact in the new testament church (.) it says a woman is to be silent in the assembly I know that just puts a jab in you feminists (1) so it’s worth saying it twice so woman are to be silent in the assembly.
 
“I’M SICK” – Dom Dayable
[coughing] So (.) I’m (.) ill (.) and on account of me being ill (.) I have got (1) a hot water bottle [raises hot water bottle] (2) a cup of tea [raises cup of tea and places it back onto his desk] (4) and I’ve been sent home (1) because all I was doing in school was coughing (2) and sleeping (3) and sneezing (2) so because of (.) this (.) being home earlier I decided (1) to (1) make a video [coughing] [slurps tea] Ah also (2) I’m wearing (.) um (2)[raises leg] m-my alien (3) pyjamas (4) and there’s (.) um (1) [drinks tea] so I’ve just kinda been getting (1) bored so I don’t know what you guys do when you get ill but what (.) I’ve always kind of (.) I’ve always kind of had a tradition where I just like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYmw4g0azc&index=1&list=PL7C25160A763A9F5D

When looking at the different texts, I looked at 2 YouTube videos. One was of a man stating his opinion of how he doesn't think that Women should be allowed the right to vote and the other of "Dom Dayable" talking to his audience about how he is sick.
There are two main similarities between these videos are the obvious that they are both transcripts and both YouTube videos where they are talking directly to their audience. They are both either speaking of topics which interest them or think would interest their audience. They are also both vlogs and are aiming to appeal at a certain audience. For example, "Why Woman Should Not Be Allowed To Vote" was probably made in order to persuade his audience into believing the same views as "James the Preacher" and also religious followers who would relate to his talking of the Bible, "The Bibles place for woman is to be in submission." However, it also may have been created to spark a debate between feminists and also get other views on whether they agree with what he is saying. 

However, a difference between these two vlogs are the purpose in which they have been created. "I'M SICK" has a humorous element to it and was probably made to entertain its audience which will most likely be teenagers who follow his videos and find them entertaining.
You notice the main contrast between the vlogs when you notice the popularity of each. Dom Herman Days, "I'm Sick" is a lot more popular than the "Why Woman Should Not be Allowed To Vote" due to the fact that "Dom" is not stating an opinion, he is just trying to entertain the audience. However, in the other video, a certain message is being put across, his own opinion which can either be agreed with or disagreed with. Looking at the comments/like rates of the video, it is more unpopular than popular.

Sunday 15 June 2014

Power in Twitter

On our groups, we chose and analysed a text which was of someone's twitter news feed. We looked at this text and discussed the different power which is used throughout the extract which we looked at. We looked at the different power which was used by the different people which were featuring in the extract and the power which the account holder has whilst using Twitter.
We found that when using Twitter there is both influential and instrumental power which is used. For example, if you are a celebrity then you have an instrumental power due to their title, so they often get followed by people that want to know what they're up to. However, many people on Twitter have influential power as they often get followed due to their tweets being funny/interesting which draws attention.
Another power which people on Twitter have are the functions which are used daily, such as the option to "unfollow," "follow," and "block" people which you do not want to have visible on your time line anymore.