How Data Was Chosen

 

Method Section “Before” Version

To find the data I could rhetorically analyze as part of my research idea, I needed to steer my search results to those specific speaking points. I specifically wanted to look at why people were buying this game and why they think its okay to do so given that the creator of the concepts in the game is considered a bad person, within multiple communities.

I chose four different YouTube videos total, ranging from creators with followings in the three hundred thousands to followings in the two thousands, and within those followings a similar range of views on their videos. Overall, the messages within the videos were very similar. I did it this way because I believe it gave a good spread of data, especially when we are able to infer that the number of views, or follows a specific YouTuber has, in some way, equates agreement to the creators’ views and options or at the very least an interest in what they have to say and produce in the way of content. Additionally, all four of the videos chosen were posted between the dates of January 6th and January 21st.

By March 21st, when the original data was collected, all four videos had been publicly posted for at least eight weeks.

The first YouTube video analyzed was by a creator Pirate Canvas. Pirate Canva’s video was titled ‘Why It’s Okay to Purchase Hogwarts Legacy as A Harry Potter Fan’. The creator had two thousand, five hundred ten and one hundred and forty-six views on his YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nnX7TlxpHM&t=198s


The second video was by Nivoleth, whose subscriber count was three thousand, three hundred ninety and the view count on his YouTube video was one hundred sixty-seven thousand, nine hundred ninety-four. His video was titled ‘You’re a BAD PERSON if you buy Hogwarts Legacy.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feltdy055Hk&t=2s

The third video was by Jalyn whose subscriber count was three hundred three thousand and the view count on their video was fifty-five thousand, two hundred eighty-five. Their video was titled ‘Are You Transphobic for Playing This Game?’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLEN8NWzbqM&t=1s

Finally, the fourth video was created by Ratatoskr whose subscriber count is one hundred four thousand, and his view count on the video was fifty-eight thousand, nine hundred fifteen. His video was titled ‘Why I’m Buying Hogwarts Legacy.’ Ratatoskr has since deleted this video from his YouTube page.

https://tinyurl.com/3r6ny62f

In addition to the four YouTube videos, I also decided to analyze a Reddit thread posted on a subreddit called ‘r/noStupidQuestions’ that asks the question ‘Would I be a bad person for buying Hogwarts Legacy?’ At the point of data acquiring, March 21st, I had already chosen to look at the rhetorical devices people used to defend their argument that buying the game would not make you a bad person. So, to choose this specific thread of arguments I simply searched the question, “Would buying Hogwarts Legacy make me a bad person,” in Reddits’ search bar and I chose the very first thread that I saw.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Final Paper

  Rhetorical Analysis of Hogwarts Legacy, Responsibility, and Guilt                                                                          Introduction             The upcoming release of the video game 'Hogwarts Legacy', amidst the controversy surrounding author JK Rowling, has brought to light questions about consumer responsibility, guilt, and ethical consumption within the video game industry. While consumers have a responsibility to practice ethical consumption and support ethical practices, personal enjoyment of media products like 'Hogwarts Legacy' is not inherently unethical. This paper argues that consumers should not feel guilty for wanting to enjoy m...
Read more

Topic Introduction

Image
  https://tinyurl.com/3ujayr9d Project Topic Introduction I’ve decided to look at the relationship between consumerism and guilt (this may change as I further my research). Specifically, I will be looking at the conversations surrounding the purchase of Hogwarts Legacy, an online video game which concepts were created by JK Rowling, who within the last couple of years has become extremely controversial within the LGBTQ+ community because she posted multiple transphobic tweets in 2020 and also for themes and tropes in some of her books. This will be a rhetorical analysis of the arguments present in these conversations. To analyze these arguments, I will be using Perelman’s New Rhetoric methodology, along with furthering his interpretations in my own way to define the rhetorical devices I find. Other variables I will be using to further analyze these conversations and arguments are Ethical Consumption, Consumerism, Capitalism, and if it is needed Wittgenstein’s Family Resemblance p...
Read more