The primary reason for writing this
blog post was to make new use of the Climate Change and Biodiversity
paper from the International Panel on Climate Change. The
informational nature of this paper worked well for repurposing. I
turned this information into support for my first stasis. Because
this was the stasis of cause, I consider this more of a lateral move
of the information, rather than a complete repurposing.
Our main goal for this assignment was
to turn the highly-technical paper into a layman's blog post. My
vocabulary choice may still have wound up over the heads of some, but
I think I wrote rather descriptively. In my blog post, it is also
made clear that it is written by an American, for Americans, though I
believe it could be used and understood elsewhere with a few minor
tweaks.
In an attempt to establish ethos for
my own name, I made sure to reference only reputable sources for data
and facts regarding my topic. In terms of intertertextuality, this is
strategically sound. By combining the informative aspects of two or
more sources in some paragraphs, I made it more than obvious that my
text was legitimate and worthy of being considered on the same plane
as other great sci/tech blogs.
My second biggest concern was making
the climate change information significant to my chosen audience. I
feel as though my first section (I. The Issues) does this rather
well. While remaining completely informational, this portion of the
assignment brings the audience into an understanding of the gravity
of the situation—why exactly they should care about my eventually
stated solution. In fact, the need to explain the magnitude of this
situation is indeed my exigence for writing the post.
The remaining aspect of my rhetorical
situation—the constraint(s)—was, more than anything else, simply
the use of a blog. Likewise, my (in)ability to comprehend the IPCC
paper and the writing level for my specified audience worked as two
more constraints.
My attempt to explain the intrinsic
value of the IPCC paper, as well as repurposing the other blog posts
and informational sources assisted in my plan to make specific points
and return to them later. These themes were explained in the first
section (I. The Issues), and later revisited as specified constraints
in marketing the white-roof painting plan in the second section (II.
The New Solution). The theme of how difficult it is to secure
photovoltaic cells for one's home returns later as a reasoning for
using one's rooftop for a different pro-conservation cause. Likewise,
the explanation of melting polar icecaps and their purpose is brought
back in section II as the issue that necessitates the solution.
My blog post sought to inform the
uninformed in a simple manner, and I believe I achieved this goal. I
may not have written on a level that is useful for all, but I feel as
though I wrote in a way that makes it accessible for the majority. I
don't believe many uneducated people are avid sci/tech blog post
readers anyway, though I've certainly been wrong before. Hopefully my
post will inspire or enlighten somebody at some point. Even if it
only impacts one person, it is doing its job well.
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Crane and Kennedy Jr. "Solar Panels for Every Home". The New York Times. Dec. 12, 2012. Web. 2.7.13.
Gitay, et al. "Climate Change and Biodiversity". Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change. Apr., 2002. Web. 1.31.13.
"Mayor Bloomberg and Buildings Commissioner Limandri Announce Creation of Three Solar Empowerment Zones". NYC.gov. June 8, 2010.Web. 2.6.13.
Solomon, et al. "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change". IPCC. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. 2007. Web. 2.7.13 <http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/factsheets/whatgreenhouse.pdf>.
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