Analyses on TED Talks

In this tech-based world, media is one of the channels to discover what is happening all round the world. Through watching the TED shows, we are looking into two huge global challenges that the world is encountering – modern slavery and women inequality. Regarding to slavery, Kelvin Bales, a writer, shares the information and the plausible solutions for this issue. For women inequality, Sheryl WuDunn provides a few examples to illustrate how women are treated in the less fortunate regions. Comparing the videos, these two global concerns are in equal weight and the public should put effort to alleviate both of them. Yet in terms of effectiveness and persuasiveness, Bales’s is better than WuDuun in addressing the problem behind the issue. Bales performs superior than WuDunn as he introduces the problem clearly and directly, which is more effective for audience to understand the topic. In the introduction part, both of them share their personal experiences to form a hook to draw audience’s attention. Bales uses his personal experience for introduction. In his first sentence he says, “The interest in contemporary forms of slavery started with a leaflet that I picked up in London.” Instead of directly stating the thesis of his speech, Bales draws the audience’s attention by telling when his “interest in contemporary forms of slavery started.” Meanwhile, WuDunn starts off with “The global challenge that I want to talk to you about today rarely makes the front pages.” She continues by showing her family group photo in front of Tiananmen and connects it with an example that happened in China. As an audience, I immediately know “slavery” will be the main topic throughout the speech of Bales and the question he raised – the possibility of having millions of slaves. His move induces my personal feeling towards the issue. When I am well informed of what I am going to analyze, I will be more attentive to listen to the speaker, so do other audience. On the other