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Assignment #4 (Visual Rhetorical Analysis)Cody BrownMs. FenderEnglish 250 TOMarch 2, 2013“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”(Bob Marley). Music means so much more to some people than others who just hear it as something to do or something for background noise. Some will have an emotional connection while others will barely notice it’s there. Pandora Radio is one of those that finds music to be an emotional past time and wants to share their love for music with other people who carry that same bond and trait with the lyrical wonders that come through music. To help promote this, Pandora Radio created a website where it’s free to join, easy to use, and best off all, you pick what kind of music you want to listen to.129667036766500When you first get to Pandora’s website, it is very user friendly with a simple navigation tool used. It is a member only website but signing up is free and so is the use of their product. So when you first approach Pandora it asks you to create an account which is very easy and only takes about 3 minutes. Once your account is created you can start building your own radio stations based on the genre you would like to listen too, songs that sound familiar to the song you are currently listening to or artists that are similar to your favorite artists or the ones you are in the mood to listen too. Along with being user friendly, Pandora is very eye appealing and keeps it basic so it doesn’t go to over the top.1895475101536500Once logged in to your own account, Pandora will keep you signed in, if you choose, so every time you go to their website it will automatically take you to your own personal stations. The layout of the website is very simple as you will see in the image. There is a tool used to control the music you are listening to with a play/pause and a next button for your convenience, also features a like and dislike button. These are used to make the stations you want to listen to more personalized to your liking. By adding these you get to tell Pandora if you would like to hear more songs of that nature or if you would rather not hear them again. Along with these easy to use features, the webpage itself is very eye catching as it just keeps a very sleek and clean look by using a calming blue background and different variations of blue on the in-between. By combining all of these things into one it can create a very peaceful place for users to come to.Creating a place for people to just come relax and listen to their favorite bands can be like a getaway for people that may be struggling in life or going through hard times. It goes back to that saying from Bob Marley. It’s like its taking all your pain away and you have no other worries in the world. This can really have a huge impact on the emotional side of people. They may not feel comfortable talking to someone about their problems or maybe they just don’t want to talk at all. But music allows for an escape and Pandora is a place to go and do that. Pandora is not going to judge or even know what is going on, but it will provide you with the peace you need to just get away for a second, even if it is only to listen to one song.When looking at ethical dimensions and Pandora, the two do not really mix. While Pandora is an entertainment site and that being its sole purpose there are no ethical problems to be concerned with. It is more of a personal site as you get your own music that you want to listen to and anything that you do not like, will not show up in your playlist. 80 million people are registered to the website, (Pandora Radio Statistics), so it seems that what Pandora is doing, doesn’t cross over many ethical boundaries with that many followers.Pandora is a place for pretty much any kind of person. Whether they enjoy the music because it gives them some kind of emotional release, or whether it is just a white noise to help you get through the task you are trying to accomplish. Pandora can create whatever type of atmosphere you are looking for through the simple entertainment of music. The overall impact of this website really depends on the user and what they want from it. It’s a simple website that’s only purpose is to provide entertainment and what the user does with that purpose is on him or her.Works CitedPandora Media, Inc. "Pandora Internet Radio - Listen to Free Music You'll Love." Pandora Internet Radio - Listen to Free Music You'll Love. Pandora Media, Inc., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. <;."Pandora Radio Statistics." Statistic Brain RSS. Pandora, True Knowledge, 31 July 2012. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. <;. ................
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