My research concern was about the relation between the social medias and the involvement of user with politics through those social medias. The topic is relevant because it is important for any citizen understand how the medias are influencing our decision and choices. In my opinion, the politics speeches on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, could be seemed such as advertisements. Anyone can say that doesn’t look advertisements on the corner of the websites, but if it is true, why those companies are investing a lot of money to have their product or brand there? Probably this investment is reversed in earnings for the company. Likewise, users can say that a friend’s speech about a candidate or a government issues doesn’t change his mind, but is it really true? The important thing here is to know how groups of politics, pages, and friend’s opinions, can influence us to do something, such as advertisements influence us to spend our money. We need to understand the rhetoric behind all things, in order to be opinion leaders, and not just followers of opinion.
   The assignment is an opportunity to use our persuasion skills to propose an answer to a problem. This kind of practical helps me shape my critical thinking, which is extremely important not only within the university but also in my personal and professional life. When we learn to look at something through different angles, shaping an opinion, and even convince an audience about our speech, or maybe be a counterargument of an audience, we are contributing to develop new ideas. The assignment is just one step of many others necessary for the construction of critical thinking, which certainly will help me to have a responsible and intelligent positioning in any situation. It is important not just following what others say, but seeking the best scenario or solution to any daily matter, such as politics opinion.
   For the assignment 3 I will need to compose in three different genres. I believe it is a way to use more than just long texts to build an argument or idea. It is important to me to know how persuade people in different ways. It will be a challenge for me, because seems something completely new, but I’m sure it will be really nice.