Week 10

Oh Spida

Relevance:
Importance: Several weeks back in our tutorial we had the discussion about celebrities on the Internet and how they need to be aware of how they act on twitter, facebook etc after Stephanie Rice embarrassed herself and lost respect. Alas, again a celebrity (well... an old sports star anyway) has tweeted before thinking and has found himself in some trouble, bringing up the debate of how celebrities are role models and thus must monitor the way they behave on the web. But it also raises the question, do people overreact over what celebs say, online or not?
Support.

What: in the title "turns on women", also "did not reside from Tweets", "widely criticised".

Issues: I disagree with the articles use of words of "turns on women". I don't think Spida is blaming women or the footballers for what happened, I think he is just stating the truth-if a girl goes home with a guy after a night out at the clubs, I really would like to think she knows what shes getting herself into..

Use in formatting argument: could be used to support the idea that things said online are different to real life. Twitter allows 140 characters for people to express themselves which really isn't enough and I think it's why people get uptight about what is said online. Words on a page can be read and perceived differently by each person, and this is why it's become such an issue.
Support.

Critical Evaluation
Character:
"'Spida' turns on women over Collingwood sex allegations" - reliable.
News article. Online.
Bibliography (theage.com.au).
Evidence (link to twitter account here).
Style-factual.

Currency: 5th Oct, 2010.
Location (Australia).
Links.

Intention:
Author-WA Today, covers news coverage around Australia.
Source-addressing those interested in news around Australia.
Audience: general.

Authority:
Credentials: journalist for newspaper.
Institution: Reputable.