6. How Social Media Is Changing The Way We Approach Death

        Paulo Bisceglio, the author of "How Social media Is Changing The Way We Approach Death", begins this article by questioning the influence of social media in the readers' lives. He begins by talking about Scott Simon's, a  popular radio host of NPR's “Weekend Edition Saturday”, experience as he stayed with his mother in the hospital as she slowly died, and how social media got them through that awful situation. Since this article is about a personal and a delicate subject, Bisceglio uses some euphemism when talking about death. He uses the phrase "passed away" a couple of times, but since the purpose of the article is to show that being sick and dying are the most natural things in the world, he is very straight forward about death.
       Bisceglio's purpose in writing this article was to show how the social media is now changing how everyone see's death. One way he achieves his purpose by using some sarcasm such as, “This horrible little secret we have, instead of being the most natural thing in the world.". He also writes in a more informal way, the way most people "talk" in social networks.Bisceglio also exemplum as well, just by giving examples about how social media helped others.  Examples such as Alicia C. Staley and Jody Schoger, who shared their sickness experiences on Twitter. Both Staley and Schoger say that her Twitter followers were extremely helpful and essential for their recovery, that they were very nice and always sent them messages helping them to stay strong. So, I believe his purpose was achieved through using these devices, which made the article a lot more interesting and relatable.



http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/why-social-media-is-changing-how-we-approach-death/278836/