Social media are forms of electronic communications networks that users create to establish communication, relationships, and information among one another. Social media consists of various websites and applications that are committed to social curation and networking which are among the different types of social media. Social media consists of two-thirds of the world’s population having internet access. However, in today’s society, Facebook is the number one leading social media that a lot of users participate in. The article “Facebook and the Empiphanter: An End to Endings?” by Paul Ford argues how social media can be essential in supplying instant news and updates on matters people benefit from, but can’t replace the perception of “ending”
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Ford provided examples of how people can show their tremendous loss of a loved one by posting photos and statuses of grief one second, and update a post about their new born nephew the next minute. “In the world of social media, it can feel bizarre that potent evidence of grieving from one friend is followed so quickly by pictures of oven-fresh cookies from another. But Facebook is generated by algorithms without feelings” Ford says. (3) He emphasizes that one moment, a tragic event can become an issue that people around the world chat about, and then the next minute it’s replaced by an updated, fascinating news the next …show more content…
He lacked logic to persuade his audience the benefits the Epiphanator contains. Although, Ford didn’t establish credibility throughout his argument, he was able to back up his article by using various examples.
Ford doesn’t create any exigence, a sense of urgency, in his argument because he neglects to emphasize the circumstance between Facebook and the Epiphanator in today’s world. However, as a Facebook user, I was able to connect with the author only at the beginning of his text. Paul Ford’s interpretation of Facebook at the beginning of his article was able to shove me as a reader to agree that Facebook is really what he entitles it to be, a news and status updates that provide information on people’s lives and their well-being, that others can benefit
Ford provided examples of how people can show their tremendous loss of a loved one by posting photos and statuses of grief one second, and update a post about their new born nephew the next minute. “In the world of social media, it can feel bizarre that potent evidence of grieving from one friend is followed so quickly by pictures of oven-fresh cookies from another. But Facebook is generated by algorithms without feelings” Ford says. (3) He emphasizes that one moment, a tragic event can become an issue that people around the world chat about, and then the next minute it’s replaced by an updated, fascinating news the next …show more content…
He lacked logic to persuade his audience the benefits the Epiphanator contains. Although, Ford didn’t establish credibility throughout his argument, he was able to back up his article by using various examples.
Ford doesn’t create any exigence, a sense of urgency, in his argument because he neglects to emphasize the circumstance between Facebook and the Epiphanator in today’s world. However, as a Facebook user, I was able to connect with the author only at the beginning of his text. Paul Ford’s interpretation of Facebook at the beginning of his article was able to shove me as a reader to agree that Facebook is really what he entitles it to be, a news and status updates that provide information on people’s lives and their well-being, that others can benefit