Rhetorical Choices and Social Media: How They Relate

A rhetorical choice is defined by Quora as “the choices the writer/speaker makes in order to influence his/her audience/reader.” I find it interesting how all social media platforms deliver news in similar yet different ways. For example, all social media apps/websites have clickable links, photos, videos, headlines, and feeds. News is communicated in social media typically by providing an intriguing headline, a photo/video, and the actual news story. The writer makes a rhetorical choice throughout the development process of the news story in order to get their message across clearly and efficiently. Read about the political warfare side of news and social media here: https://theconversation.com/how-the-media-encourages-and-sustains-political-warfare-100941 [1 image, 1 link, 1 quotation, 100 words]