Evaluation of Rhetorical Situations

The three articles below are opinionated pieces about the three topics I selected for my research questions in the post below.

Sanz, Rodrigo Gomez "Central Nuclear Trillo" 10/27/2013 via flickr.com Attribution 2.0 Generic

1. Would nuclear fusion be economically viable?

• The author is John Aziz. He is the economics and business correspondent for the Week.com. Also, he is an associate editor for Pieria.co.uk. He has a twitter account at the twitter handle, @azizonomics.
• This articles audience are individuals interested in how the progress of alternative energies are being developed. In particular, the audience is interested in nuclear fusion and the economic impact it will have on our economy when it becomes a viable option to cheaper fossil fuels. I know this from the article because Aziz continually mentions the economic impact of fusion as it has now passed the ignition point in a recent experiment.
• This article was written on February 14, 2014. The author used a feature medium to present this subject that means a lot of explaining is used because the subject is brand new. The face that nuclear fusion has been a science project for over 50 years that is just becoming viable and the movement from finite resources to create energy to renewable resources prompted this article to be written. The audience has an interest in renewable resources and more particularly nuclear fusion.

2. Ocean-fertilization project off Canada sparks furore

• Jeff Tollefson is the author of this article. He worked formerly at the Congressional Quarterly and was a knight fellow in science journalism at MIT. He also won numerous rewards in New Mexico for his journalist prowess.
• This post is for individuals who want to know about Russ George's side of the story regarding his experiment to boost the ecosystem off the coast of Canada in the Haida nation. Tollefson's writing is heavily bias towards Russ George's side of the story by providing little evidence of the other side debate besides simple, extreme comments.
• This was written in a scientific journal medium so it has a link to a scholarly paper and other references. It was written on October 23, 2012. The global warming epidemic is bringing lots of attention to solutions of how to reduce carbon emissions and get rid of the current carbon dioxide build up in our atmosphere. This is what cultural movement prompted the writing of this article. The audience of this article are individuals interested Geo-engineering experiments being done in Canada in the ecosystems surrounding its coasts.

3. Are Solar Power Towers Doomed in California?

• Chris Clarke is the author. He is a reporter for KCET which is a part of KCETLink. Is currently working on a book about Joshua tree but he is also a natural history writer and environmental journalist. Chris Clarke's twitter handle is @canislatrans.
• These towers attract an audience that has an interest in alternative energies being developed to reduce industries reliance on fossil fuels. The article makes direct references to particular projects in California that are huge project fueled by tax dollars.
• The article was published on September 25, 2015 using a news article format. The authors view of the subject was shaped by the lack of follow through of solar tower projects. A movement from fossil fuels to renewable energy is the reason why this article was written. The people of California and those interested in renewable energy projects are the audiences of this article.

Edit:
Clay and Addie posts about their respective topics of discussion were interesting to read and framed for me the way to evaluate different articles. Reading through Clay's post I got a feeling of how to examine the audience more effectively. Clay did a great job looking at the context of which the article was written in and then that helped him frame who the audience is for the article. So, I will go back to look at my article and examine all the factors of the article to determine who the audience is. In Addie's post I learned how to better explain who the author is and give some more of their popular articles and other organization they may write for. Both had great posts and I learned quite a bit from them.