360degrees.org is a collaborative site which addresses issues regarding the American prison system and uses a variety of methods to appeal to the audience.
1) what is the argument being made?
The main argument I saw the website was trying to present is that our prison systems are faulty and need to be fixed. Basically, that it is impractical to use them as correctional facilities because they are not perfect themselves.
2) what rhetorical appeal(s) is (are) used to make the argument? We talked about the appeal to reason, emotion and morality.
The website uses all forms of rhetorical appeals - ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos and logos are used in the "Stories" section of the website. The personal narratives provide an appeal based on their characters, and also on emotion. Listening to the people speak makes you really connect with them and their situation, and you can see how it is really personal.
Other sections of the site appeal to the pathos - or logic and reason. The "Dynamic Data" and "Timeline" provide a lot of facts and statistics that make everything more concrete.
3) what's interesting about the form of the project as it relates to the argument?
I really like how the site is interactive. The layout is really intriguing and makes you want to explore every single aspect of it - and it really offers so many perspectives. The images and audio also make it really interesting, especially the Prison Diaries. They aid in presenting the argument in a clear yet abstract style that really make you engage in everything the site has to offer and gain a better understanding of the prison systems.
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