My initial reaction when I opened up both websites was that “This is Reality” is a lot different than “America’s Power”. “This is Reality” appealed to me more because it was different. I really liked the black and yellow with the animation. The bird flying on the screen really grabbed my attention. After going through the website, I didn’t feel that “This is Reality” had the amount of information that it needed to help Americans find alternative ways. I feel that all they wanted to do was to inform us on how bad coal was and then not tell us how to fix it. “America’s Power” first came off very boring to me because it was not relatable with the older people on the main page. I felt that it was just another one of those websites that had an endless amount of information. Even though the information was very overwhelming, I was able to learn more about the “clean coal”.
After navigating my way through both sights it is clear to see that they both agree that something needs to be done about the horrible emissions that are being caused by using so much coal. Both websites have many facts on what the result will be, global warming. From going to both sites, I now realize that this is something that needs to be taken care of to help our Earth. Both sites are saying that more research money needs to be provided to help find a way to help our Earth. If we do make a turn around in the next couple of years then we can significantly help our Earth, but if we don’t then it will only get worse. “America’s Power” goes into great detail to explain how clean coal technology can be used to help use coal in the right way. Clean Coal technology is using ways to reduce the gas emissions with the burning of coal.
“This is Reality” and “America’s Power” websites are both trying to aim at the everyday citizen. They want to be able to reach each person and tell them what they are doing as a person to hurt our environment. “This is Reality” is directed more towards the younger generation by the animation and the videos. They are using more of a comical way to portray their message. “America’s Power” is directed more towards older people because it is more of a classical website and on the videos there are many older people talking about their problems dealing with coal. This website is trying to form a more serious emotional pull then “This is Reality” because it is showing the more serious side of using coal.
“This is Reality" has sponsors, Alliance for Climate Protection and Sierra Club, which are more involved in the environment and want to make a change to help the world. By looking through the website I was able to find the different organizations that contributed to the site and helped. On the other hand, while looking at "Americas Power", I saw that they had different sponsors. Some of their sponsors, Alliance Coal and Arch Coal, are actual oil companies. To me personally that just creates some bias because the website might be censoring something’s that they are saying to make sure that the companies still support them.
Videos are defiantly a major aspect of today. The American population loves being able to go on YouTube and look at different types of things. Personally, by having videos that relate to the public I think it puts “This is Reality” one step ahead of “America’s Power.” Society today likes to look at the funnier things in life then the negative. People don’t like to see the seriousness in what is going on around them.
After going through each website I am going to say that I find “America’s Power” more persuasive. Even though I feel that the videos and animation of “This is Reality’ puts it over the top, “America’s Power” has more information to help citizens see what they need to do to help the environment. People need to know the facts before they will give their money away to contribute or to change their lifestyle. “America’s Power” provides all of that information. It also goes into great detail that it can tell a person how much coal there city gives off as gas emissions. I think that is a great way to get people’s attention and make them want to change. I feel at the end of the day that this won’t happen overnight and it will take a lot more then what these websites have for people to actually change.
Allison,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your blog entry on Clean Coal Websites, I like how you stated more facts within your blog. You went beyond the questions, I think even if I never had looked at these sites I would form a strong opinion about each website based on your blog entry. You support each website accordingly and you go back and forth between the two allowing the reader to not form a specific bias on either website; instead you give the cold hard facts. Great job!
Allison,
ReplyDeleteI agree with much of your post about the two websites. I came to many of the same conclusions about the content and navigation of the two sites and their ability to hold my attention. The information about the sponsors of the two sites also caught my attention and led me to believe that, especialy the ACCCE site, was probably biased. I appreciate the time you took to write such a thoughtful post that included your view on things such as the power of videos in todays society. I enjoyed reading your thoughts!
I had most of the same impressions that you had about the websites. I do agree about the perceived way they got their messages across to the readers. I also enjoyed the 'This Is Reality' yellow bird for an element of pathos. On the contrary, I found more information on the America's Power website. I thought the 'This is Reality' website mostly had quick facts and not as much content. Overall we agreed upon both of the websites arguments and intended audience.
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