<span>The
most evident example of fallacious reasoning is the second excerpt:
“Both of these boys are in the adolescent
age, both these boys whom every alienist in this case on both sides tells you
is the most trying period in the life of a child…”</span>
<span>The second
excerpt is an example of the type of fallacious reasoning called “Ad Hominem”
or “Bandwagon Appeal.” This type of
fallacious reasoning is when there is an attempt to convince readers/audience
members by communicating that everyone else already believes something, so they
should “jump on the bandwagon” and allow themselves to be persuaded. We can see how within the excerpt this is done
with the words “every alienist in this case on both sides tells you…”</span>
Social media tends to influence the purchasing patterns and also creates an economy based on information and online communities.
When someone has a huge amount of social media connections or followers or friends, we usually consider them "social influencer" someone who has becomes trusted by an industry, who has access to a huge audience and can persuade others to act based on their posts. In the past, this used to be made by celebrities but now anyone can literally be an influencer and can motivate others to modify the way the online community connections.
The use of blogs can create for example decision making based on the descriptions of someone traveling abroad.
There is also greater access for knowledge across borders, in this way we see online activism where people tend to unite from many nations supporting causes whereby other means it would hardly be thought that this was possible: Support for Palestinians, support of humanitarian causes,etc..
She stood up and refued like a boss