Question

Pick a rhetorical artifact from a social media website and analyze the specific audience(s), experiences, and constraints associated only with the post? Who was (were) the rhetorical audience(s)? What was the exigence or exigencies? What constraints were present?

Answer 1

• Summer Magic, 1963, Walt Disney analysis;Its an old classic movie,but did have an impact on me so the analysis.
• This movie has a very wide audience because it is a Disney movie and Disney is usually enjoyed by people of all ages. One could assume that it is targeted most at young women and girls but it would be ignorant to believe that this movie did not reach a much larger audience including men. This is important because this means that not only did this movie influence the behavior of young girls at the time but it also contributed to men’s view of how a woman should act. In addition it is important to keep in mind that most Disney movies are pretty timeless. While this movie may be old it still has an impact on the generations to follow it.
• Disney has a lot of experience producing similar artifacts and would definitely be considered a professional and a success in the field of film. Disney movies have a reputation of being appropriate portraying a “good” message. This affects the influence of this movie on its audience because the viewers respect the ideas being put forth by Disney and do not question them much.
• If Disney says a woman should act a certain way then people take that to be truth and aren’t as critical of the view like they might be if the movie was produced by a less popular company.
• The purpose of this movie is to entertain. Because of this the movie has a large sphere of influence and people aren’t expecting it to persuade them of anything so they are more susceptible for believing in the social norms and ideas that the movie puts forward.
• In the movie there is a scene, where the little girl is being taught how to get boys to like her.The older girls are talking about femininity and what a woman needs to do in order to be considered feminine and have men like her. This scene puts forth the idea that it is absolutely necessary for a girl to be feminine in order to be considered socially acceptable and to be attractive to men.
  
• While on the surface level this scene discusses being feminine and womanly to get a man’s attention, it also brings to light much deeper beliefs about the role of men and women in a relationship. Instead of just suggesting that women need to be girly and accentuate their female attributes it also suggests that women need to be subservient to men.
• This scene also brings up the idea that women shouldn’t be themselves. For an audience watching this scene, even if they don’t fully take this advice into account, girls take bits and pieces and apply it to their own life. They may not fully hide themselves but they will make an effort to have their own vision of self be more in line with what society wants it to be.
• Lastly, this scene also portrays the message to men that women are supposed to be beneath them and act a certain way. It allows men to believe that they are superior to women and its ok to expect women to change themselves and to be their idea of an ideal woman.