Our blog group chose http://collegetimes.us/ to present for our blog project. College Times is a blog on which anyone can publish, particularly college students or affiliates. The blog’s pathos is directed toward college students. Numerous practical postings covering a variety of topics can be found on the site. Alerts, news, politics, entertainment, art, science, health, tech, and finance are all areas of interest with multiple postings referring to each specific subject area. A picture accompanies each posting and the block layout of the site makes it easy to maneuver.
We chose College Times as our group blog because of its pathos, or relation to its audience. This blog has much to offer for college students, freshman in particular. From “Things to Think About Before Sophomore Year” to “Poverty: WTF is it?” a wide variety of interest areas are covered. Whether looking for humor, college reviews, or just random information related to college life, chances are you will find it on College Times. Check it out!
As Kayla said, I think this blog is full of pathos. We are all college freshmen, and the blog is dedicated to topics interesting to us. Logos is also apparent because the postings are structured, consistent, and rational. But do you think the blog contains ethos since any member can post articles? Is it still credible? Or is it normal for blogs to not be authored?
ReplyDeleteAlthough this blog may not be "credible" in the academic sense because it's written in a pop culture format, it is definately believable. It talks about issues that are relevant and easily related to. But I agree with Kailey's point that it may not be credible because anyone who is a member can post.
ReplyDeleteI do think, however, that it applies to what we're learning in class because it uses entertaining pictures and eye-catching ads to draw in potential readers. It then keeps viewers involved with their witty titles and text, just like an advertisement or public relations press release.
This blog is as credible as any other website that offers opinions on certain things. A lot of it is some helpful information that you can choose to accept and try it out for yourself. Most of the advertisements are targeting college students directly with books or money for tuition. Advertisers know that college kids go to this site and can reach them easily.
ReplyDeleteI think the article on students fitting in more in their second choice school opposed to their first. Its just another example that the expectations put on us by society and our peers doesn't really matter. We don't always know what we really want.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great blog for college students. Besides containing advertisements which relate to our class, it also has some great links for college kids. One of the linked articles was about priorities for college students. It talked about how our first concern should be our health, second our relationships with family and friends, third our schoolwork/ studies and fourth, fun. I think for a lot of college students its easy to mix up these priorities and put fun first and in the process jeopardize both health and relationships with family. Anyways, overall I think this is a great blog for our age group and this English class.
ReplyDeleteI just liked the giant phallic mascot.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone! This is a great blog for college students. I like the variety of the types of blogs. The writers know that college students are unsure of many things in their lives and they help by covering a multitude of topics. They also know that we are always yearning for information, whether its new ways to do things or learning more about something we are passionate about. Even though I am not a business major, I think the blog that's called 100 Search Engines for Business Students is very practical for any questions a business person may have. It is also great advertising for all of the search engines.
ReplyDeleteI liked this blog for college age students, like us, becusae it is relevant and timely to what we as freshamn want to read about. I like that it brings up silly and issues, but it also brings up serious issues and relates them to our lives. The blog, Poverty: WTF is it? is a blog about a serious issue, but then Making the Perfect Playlist is a blog that is less serious and more important to a college student who loves music. There may not be any authors to these articles, but like what was said above, it has just as much credibilty as any other opinion blog. Sometimes, experience in life makes an author credible, so even though we don't know who the author is, we believe that the experiences they have make them credible to write about these subjects.
ReplyDeleteAgreed with scubaguard and the fact that the blog is relevant to all of us makes it a solid choice.
ReplyDeleteWell, first off, I agree with Scuba and sreti. The phallic mascot is quite amusing. And why isn't Ohio State's mascot a keg like Dartmouth? I like Brutus as much as any other fan, but wouldn't a walking, smiling keg be a great co-mascot? Heck, the Cincinnati Reds have like 4 mascots...but I digress. I like this site, but I like it as an entertainment source. This is stuff I can read when I'm bored, but I wouldn't model my life by stuff that anyone can post. I'd say this content is relevent, but I wouldn't call it credible.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is a great source for entertainment making it relevant to college students and timely as well. Although, it is questionable on its credibility because of the authors' experiences.
ReplyDeleteI agree with C-Horse for the fact that this site is entertaining. This site is relevant to all of us right now because we are in college and going into sophomore year soon. There is a specific site just for those who are entering sophomore and talked about how was our first year experience and what we plan for the future. I also agree that this site isn't very credible.
ReplyDeleteI concur that this site is not highly credible, but what blog is? A blog is a place for anyone to place their opinions and get conversation flowing. This particular blog does raise some controversial issues as well as some light-hearted topics. Each reflects the opinion of its author, leaving the reader with varying insights covering topics relevant to a college student.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed looking at this blog. Not only do I agree with scubaguard but I also think it is great that it can relate to our age group. It is a fantastic entertainment source.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is interesting because it shows how our generation is changing the English language. As the people who have grown up in the texting generation continue to grow older and are now writing blogs and using texting slang and abbreviations in their blog posts. It will be interesting to see how technology continues to impact the English language. Also, there is a lot of repetition of the world "college" on this page. In fact, on the front page it shows up 41 times, so the intended audience for this blog is incredibly obvious.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone saying that this blog is clearly more for college students, due to the fact that it does have many blogs that pertain to what we as college students want, or may be interested in reading about. And as a blog, it is obviously hard to tell what is credible and what isn't, due to the fact that we have no idea who the authors are and don't have their background information, but then again, should a blog even have to be credible? Like Kayla said before, what blog is credible? The joy and beauty of blogs may just be that they aren't credible.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I like most about this blog are that most of the articles are in list format. I like reading lists for the fact that it's easy to skim them over quickly and read what catches your eyes.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is organized very well. It has the most read articles on the side and on top it has them all sorted by topic. Also it has links for many different resources that can be very helpful for college students.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else that this blog is relevant and timely because it deals with all these pop culture ideas. But how credible is this blog? The author may not have as much experience as he needs and their is not many references to scholarly work.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the blog has the best credentials, but a lot of blogs today lack true credentials. I feel that is just more to inform people about things relevant to college life, and if they are interested, take it upon themselves to look for more credible, and informative sources.
ReplyDeleteThis blog directly appeals to college students as stated previously in other comments. The blog also posts articles from other popular websites that appeal to students. It is very opinionated but is useful in that it is a primary source for students to read from. There are also many followers that comment regularly and provide their opinions.
ReplyDeleteI agree with John, at the end of every article there is an ad specifically targeting college students. I like the helpful links, there was even one for business majors, which I am. Mascots were funny and I would have never heard of them without this site
ReplyDeleteThis blog was created for new upcoming freshmen and is a great source for random and numerous topics. Some things aren't really credible but are mostly information from college students to freshmen. Also having a blog format is great because it helps with the relevance of the information. It is important to keep up with new information and a blog is a great choice. I personally think this blog is not for credibility, but for stories and life lessons. It's not to learn anything scientific or to find answers in life. It's just a guide to help people.
ReplyDeleteOther than merely being a source of juvenile comedy (the phallic mascot) this blogs rhetoric speaks directly to college students with subjects like "The Top Ten Beers to Avoid" while the advertising targets the same audience with ads for paper and study guides.
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