THE FIDGET SPINNER IS THE PERFECT TOY FOR THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY
May 11, 2017
Sorry I just love writing about Trump.
In Rebecca Mead's aritcle, "The Fidget Spiner is The Perfect Toy For the Trump Presidency," Mead uses a casual form of diction to better explain the cultural aspects of a fidget spinner. She wants to use shorter words to more clearly interpret what this means as a society. A time where products are being sold that serve a purpose as focus builders yet act the exact opposite. In some ways her short simplistic writing reflects the simplistic society she thinks of and writes about. Its easily digestible by the general population, and so too are fidget spinners.
Mead see's the use of fidgets spinners as ironic in the final paragraph of the article. This is something I've been frustrated with that I'll discuss in my "Other Media" Post. Many of the articles I've scrolled through take the first chance they can at adding Trump in the headline. His very name seems to be diluting real news, as people are now just taking any chance they can to get Trump in the title. His name is a buzzword on multimedia news network's news related searches and investigations so anything written about him could potentially get broadcast. This is just something I've noticed in a lot of news lately and while understand he needs coverage for the tremendous of amount of effort he seems to be putting into tearing apart our country, other news worthy stories are being completely ignored (I.e. Venezuela.) However, this is a tangent.
It's obvious Mead sees the use of fidget spinners as childish and immature. As throughout the article she seems to tear it down as practice at every turn. Her purpose is to counter-advertise(?) the use of fidget spinners and toys. And to help back up her argument she references the top 50 sales on Amazon, 49 of which are fidget spinners to show how infused they have become into our culture. I think she does a good job at convincing her audience to spend their money otherwise.
Mead see's the use of fidgets spinners as ironic in the final paragraph of the article. This is something I've been frustrated with that I'll discuss in my "Other Media" Post. Many of the articles I've scrolled through take the first chance they can at adding Trump in the headline. His very name seems to be diluting real news, as people are now just taking any chance they can to get Trump in the title. His name is a buzzword on multimedia news network's news related searches and investigations so anything written about him could potentially get broadcast. This is just something I've noticed in a lot of news lately and while understand he needs coverage for the tremendous of amount of effort he seems to be putting into tearing apart our country, other news worthy stories are being completely ignored (I.e. Venezuela.) However, this is a tangent.
It's obvious Mead sees the use of fidget spinners as childish and immature. As throughout the article she seems to tear it down as practice at every turn. Her purpose is to counter-advertise(?) the use of fidget spinners and toys. And to help back up her argument she references the top 50 sales on Amazon, 49 of which are fidget spinners to show how infused they have become into our culture. I think she does a good job at convincing her audience to spend their money otherwise.