Ethos Archives - Writing Commons https://writingcommons.org The encyclopedia for writers Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:47:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://writingcommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-WC-Site-23-32x32.png Ethos Archives - Writing Commons https://writingcommons.org 32 32 Intrinsic Authority https://writingcommons.org/article/intrinsic-authority/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:20:43 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/?p=400 Intrinsic Authority refers to Related Concepts: Appeals to Authority; Authority (in Writing & Speech); Critical Literacy; Ethos; Fallacious Ethos; Interpretation, Interpretative Frameworks; Intrinsic Authority; Substantive Prose Style Aristotle, who coined the term “ethos,” said that “persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him ... Read more

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Background

In 2008, while working as a career counselor, a student came into my office to discuss her difficulty securing an internship prior to graduation. On paper, she was a phenomenal candidate—3.8 GPA, active in student government, successful athlete, and in possession of solid letters of recommendation from her instructors, coaches, and past employers. Despite her many strengths, she had interviewed with seven prospective employers throughout her junior year but was unable to secure the internship that was required by her academic program.

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  • Understand the purpose and importance of diplomacy, emphasis, and tone in business communication
  • Gain the ability to write difficult professional emails without offending, frustrating, or confusing your reader
  • Learn to use strategies in written communication to make your own work clearer to get the response you need
The post Diplomacy, Tone, and Emphasis in Business Writing appeared first on Writing Commons.]]> Netiquette (Digital Ethics) https://writingcommons.org/article/digital-ethics-2/ Wed, 02 May 2012 13:17:19 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/2012/05/02/digital-ethics/ Netiquette, a hybrid word combining “network” and “etiquette,” essentially refers to the social code of the Internet.

As such, netiquette -- how we communicate, treat others, portray ourselves, and protect ourselves online -- is a question of ethics. Ethics, or moral philosophy, refers generally to how groups and individuals determine moral courses of action. Because ethics refers to the way groups and individuals relate to, treat, and resolve issues with each other, digital ethics then encompasses how users and participants in online environments interact with each other and the technologies and platforms used to engage.

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  • Ad Hominem (Argument to the Person): Attacking the person instead of the argument. For example, "You say I shouldn't drink so much, but you drink every day." The validity of the argument (drink less) can't be based on the behavior of the person making the argument. Instead, the validity of the argument should be evaluated on its own terms—separate from the person making the claim.
    • The post Fallacious Ethos appeared first on Writing Commons.]]>         Beware of “Oh, that makes sense”: Ethos in Context https://writingcommons.org/article/qoh-that-makes-senseq/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:27:17 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/2012/04/16/qoh-that-makes-senseq/ There is also, however, the credibility that comes from saying or writing something that the audience already believes or that reinforces the audience’s experience. We should treat this kind of ethos with a healthy dose of suspicion. Just because something sounds right to you or makes you feel good about what you believe does not ... Read more

    The post Beware of “Oh, that makes sense”: Ethos in Context appeared first on Writing Commons.]]>         Ethos https://writingcommons.org/article/ethos/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:09:04 +0000 https://transfer.writingcommons.org/2012/04/16/ethos/ I've always wondered why candidates have to "approve this message"; I mean, if President Obama is on camera talking about himself, then can't I assume he approves the message? Why does he have to state that he approves it at the end?

    There's certainly a law that governs what must be said at the end of a political advertisement, or else President Obama wouldn't say exactly the same thing as every other politician at the end of an ad, but there's also an element of persuasion at work here. 

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