Originally, I found another editorial piece by David Hall in the Skiff and I was planning on using that because of his great use of humor and sarcasm to convince his audience that Hulk Hogan should be the next president, but unfortunately I lost that article so I must resort to a different, but not lesser (I don't want to offend the writer although she will most likely NEVER see this blog) choice from TCU's paper.
So my article "Internet addiction a real problem" by Katie B. Martinez in Thursday's paper argues, specifically using logos, that internet addiction is real and the least recognized. So in layman's terms she makes a claim (what I just stated above) and supports it by using facts from a study done by practicing psychiatrist and researcher from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Dr. Jerald Block. Her logic based argument is also evident when she documented that China, in late 2008 had declared internet addiction a disorder.
Martinez seemed to know her audience since she referenced World of Warcraft (an extremely popular online video game) as an example of keeping individuals from important and normal tasks like going to work. The last major element present in the article was her use of testimonies. She did not actually interview anyone firsthand, but quoted a global message board that spoke of personal experiences with family members with the addiction and others who believed that China's declaration was "another brainwashing tool of the communists".
Overall, her editorial was a textbook case of a fact based argument.
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