LINK TO ARTICLE:
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nsync/albums/album/301447/review/5944278/celebrity
1. ARGUMENT/ENTHYMEME – 'NSync's last album, Celebrity, is going to be a good album because Celebrity branches out from their previous albums and experiments with new sounds.
2. AUDIENCE – The readers of Rolling Stone Magazine; based in the USA it focuses on politics, pop culture, and music, though it is directed more to a younger audience, ages 15-25 or so...
3. GOAL – This article is a review of 'NSync's third album, Celebrity. The goal is to give people an accurate idea of what their next album is going to be like, so the audience knows whether to purchase it or not. With this review, they give the album a good rating, so they are telling the audience that it will be a good album and trying to get them to buy it.
4. HOW THE ARGUMENT IS MADE - ethos, pathos, logos; sufficient, typical, accurate, relevant...
Ethos – Since the review comes from Rolling Stone magazine, chances are the authors are know more about music than, say, TV Guide magazine.
Logos - The reviewer compares this album to things that the readers already know: the previous 'NSync albums. He talks about how the group has progressed or regressed in terms of sound and quality of music.
Typical – The audience needed to hear that the newest 'NSync album was enjoyable - and since it got a good rating, chances are good that this review made up some minds of undecided 'NSync listeners.
5. WAS THE ARTICLE EFFECTIVE – I think this review is very effective. Chances are that mostly 'NSync fans looked at this review, but if a reader of Rolling Stone Magazine wasn't a fan of 'NSync already, they probably at least gave this album a thorough listen before they bought it... which is still good :)
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