Births Outside of Marriage
1. How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers?
The article titled "For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage", is held accountable to multiple interpretations by readers. For some, the subtle evidences of bias within the text is prominent and would be found disturbing amidst the ongoing feminist movement while for others, these proofs are yet another reason to maintain patriarchal structures within society. As a result, text like the article for instance, can be interpreted by readers depending on their previous knowledge and values that form biases towards or against information presented in the article.
2. How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?
In the article "For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage", a negative spotlight is put upon single, unmarried mothers by incorporating the writer's personal ideology through the print media. In this case, the reasoning to the bias found in the writer's text unveils his/her background and her prior values by claiming these mothers to be out-of-place and causes them to be stigmatized in society by pointing out at the cause and effects of the out of marriage birth. The writer achieves this by projecting different textual biases like through source control and the choice of diction and tone.
The article titled "For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage", is held accountable to multiple interpretations by readers. For some, the subtle evidences of bias within the text is prominent and would be found disturbing amidst the ongoing feminist movement while for others, these proofs are yet another reason to maintain patriarchal structures within society. As a result, text like the article for instance, can be interpreted by readers depending on their previous knowledge and values that form biases towards or against information presented in the article.
2. How and why is a social group represented in a particular way?
In the article "For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside of Marriage", a negative spotlight is put upon single, unmarried mothers by incorporating the writer's personal ideology through the print media. In this case, the reasoning to the bias found in the writer's text unveils his/her background and her prior values by claiming these mothers to be out-of-place and causes them to be stigmatized in society by pointing out at the cause and effects of the out of marriage birth. The writer achieves this by projecting different textual biases like through source control and the choice of diction and tone.
WWW: I like the flow of your introductions. It is clear what type of text you will be talking about in your written task.
ReplyDeleteEBI: You provided a general statement about the topic. If you provided the publisher of the article. What perspectives will you be discussing when referring to the two different readers?
WWW: You've stated what article you are referencing; allows the reader to clearly understand what you are talking about.
ReplyDeleteEBI: maybe it could be better if you stated different perspectives on the topic for the intro, and talk about its detail in your body to structure it
Great job :-D