Rhetorical Analysis: Lady Gaga

Chatting with Celebrities: A Rhetorical Analysis Revision “Making Monsters: Lady Gaga, Fan Identification, and Social Media,” by Melissa A. Click, Hyunji Lee and Holly Willson Holladay, is a work pertaining to how Lady Gaga’s social media presence makes her relationship with her fans more intimate and personal. Dr. Click is an assistant professor (“Melissa Click”), and Dr.’s Lee & Holladay are graduate teaching assistants (“Lee”)(“Holladay”), all at the University of Missouri. Their purpose in this paper was to shed light on how Lady Gaga affects her fans, not only through her music, but through social media and being personal with them. They use a passionate tone in their paper to convey to the audience that this is something important to them, and to get people interested also. The paper begins with an introduction to Lady Gaga’s career, which took off in 2008, goes on to talk about her music and achievements, and then her relationship with her fans via social media. It speaks of their extremely close-knit community and how Lady Gaga has changed many of their lives. Following, there is an analysis of fan identifications, what the true definition of …show more content…
This part of the paper specifically informs the reader of why her fans call themselves by that name, and what exactly they are trying to accomplish with associating themselves with that term. This is something that not as many people may understand, so this was a very important part of the authors’ subject to explain, because it is so closely connected with the main idea of the paper. Many people know who Lady Gaga is and her success that she has had over the years, but not everyone would understand the reason behind the name of her fanbase. It is important as an author to think about your audience and what they may or may not know about what you are writing