AOW #25- "Is Kony 2012 Good for U.S. Foreign Policy?"

"Is Kony 2012 Good for U.S. Foreign Policy?"
by Lionel Beehner for the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lionel-beehner/kony-2012-video_b_1336839.html

This article was about the possible positive and negative results and aspects of the Kony 2012 campaign that is sweeping the nation through social networking. It is a semi-biased analysis on some aspects of the campaign and how it is and is not effective.

The context of this piece is when this new campaign has quickly and widely spread, appealing so much to the younger generation that usually doesn't have any interest in these foreign affairs.

The purpose of this piece is to debate the possible positive and negative aspects of this new campaign.

The audience of this article is any one who is aware of the Kony 2012 campaign.

Rhetorical Devices:

• Compare/Contrast- The article compares and contrasts the positive and negative aspects of the Kony 2012 campaign. It debates the points of the campaign and how they are good and bad.
• Opinion- This article contains a lot of the writer's opinion. It seems kind of biased because the author really writes about what he thinks is good and bad about the campaign.

I think that the author sort of accomplished it's purpose. It gives an interesting perspective on the aspects of this campaign and how they can be both beneficial and harmful. It was very interesting to read though.