Texting While Driving Video Collaboration

We agreed that the texting while driving video used pathos, logos, and ethos. It mostly used pathos-featuring the friends and families of the victims and showing pictures of the accidents and a victim in the hospital. Ethos was used because everyone in the video had been affected by texting and driving, whether they were a victim or a friend/family member of a victim. The man who had been a passenger in the accident was effective because he lived to tell what he wtinessed and the video showed what he goes through on a daily basis now because of the accident. Also, logos was used because the people holding up the signs at the end with the texts shows how insignificant they are compared to a life. The video had a dark, sullen tone that emphasized the serious consequences of texting and driving. The video was effective in appealing to their target audience (teenagers/young people) because the victims were all young and the one girl died the day before her high school graduation, which is a relatable milestone.