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In what ways can language be used to influence, persuade or manipulate…

- - - - Very effectively shows the misrepresenting of statistics to further an authority's agenda
      - Has very understandable misrepresentation: more words can be used to explain the effect rather than having to show the misrepresentation of statistics
      - In the field of politics meaning it is naturally geared towards inflaming people's emotions in authorities' favor, as the ultimate goal of politics is to garner support for a cause
      - Is focused around a social issue: far higher possibility to be polarizing, meaning very clear perspectives that are easier to manipulate, thus supporting the argument.
    - - Has a very specific audience - their perspective is very biased, so it might not clearly prove a general rule (the knowledge claim)
- - - - Very famous example, meaning that there would likely be a lot of perspectives on the internet that can be referenced to explore the object through different lenses
      - Shows a clear distortion of numbers and statistics to suit the agenda of a political group
    - - Not much personal connection to this subject
      - Creator of the tweet does not bring any meaning to the object
      - Less potential to link to expert opinions, meaning that less reliability and authenticity is provided to the commentary