Matthew Yglesias is a senior correspondent and cofounder of Vox news. He focuses on political and economic issues. He was born in New York City and raised in Washington, D.C.
Yglesias' writing style is relatively formal compared to that of others as he mainly writes about politics and economics, but that observation could be skewed due to the fact that throughout the semester I have been reading reviews and other not as formal works.
Speaker
Yglesias as a speaker is relatively candid and is clearly biased, but is also fair in his reporting. The speaker is from a more liberal viewpoint.
Occasion :
The occasion for the article(The Case Against Facebook) would be the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, which lead Mark Zuckerberg having to go to congress to testify about that event and other controversies.
Audience : The writing is directed towards people who (1) still use facebook, (2) aren't sure of how to feel about facebook following the recent scandals, or (3) want to know more about what the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica issue is and what it really means. The audience would also most likely be liberals and/or democrats, as that is the general audience for Vox and Matthew Yglesias. These people are likely to value their privacy as well.
Purpose : The purpose of the article was to analyze the entire scandal and Facebook as a whole in order to better understand what this issue means for Facebook users and really politics as a whole and the future implications of such. It also goes over what to do if you don't really want Facebook anymore, just a bit, at the end.
Subject : The subject is the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its effects on news and how Facebook had planned all of these little echo chambers of opinions.
Tone : The tone throughout the piece is derogatory because he is like,"yeah no, this place doesn't work well, and they're like really bad because they fuel the political divide and give private information really easily".
Yglesias' writing style is relatively formal compared to that of others as he mainly writes about politics and economics, but that observation could be skewed due to the fact that throughout the semester I have been reading reviews and other not as formal works.
Speaker
Yglesias as a speaker is relatively candid and is clearly biased, but is also fair in his reporting. The speaker is from a more liberal viewpoint.
Occasion :
The occasion for the article(The Case Against Facebook) would be the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, which lead Mark Zuckerberg having to go to congress to testify about that event and other controversies.
Audience : The writing is directed towards people who (1) still use facebook, (2) aren't sure of how to feel about facebook following the recent scandals, or (3) want to know more about what the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica issue is and what it really means. The audience would also most likely be liberals and/or democrats, as that is the general audience for Vox and Matthew Yglesias. These people are likely to value their privacy as well.
Purpose : The purpose of the article was to analyze the entire scandal and Facebook as a whole in order to better understand what this issue means for Facebook users and really politics as a whole and the future implications of such. It also goes over what to do if you don't really want Facebook anymore, just a bit, at the end.
Subject : The subject is the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its effects on news and how Facebook had planned all of these little echo chambers of opinions.
Tone : The tone throughout the piece is derogatory because he is like,"yeah no, this place doesn't work well, and they're like really bad because they fuel the political divide and give private information really easily".