Wireless Robotic Kissing-With Video Analysis

Patrick Kiger, a freelance writer, blogger, and journalist, writes “Wireless Robotic Kissing-With Video!” in an effort to persuade his pop culture and educated audience that society is consumed with electronics turning people into “…alienated, lonely misanthropes.”(Kiger, 2012, para. 1). Through his use of elevated diction, credible sources, and Kissinger video, Kiger is able to effectively persuade his tech savvy audience that technology is inferior to face to face interaction. Kiger demonstrates how deeply involved society is with technology by using Kissinger, a new gadget used for intimacy, as an example. Usage of the Kissinger video coupled with his description of the gadget Kiger causes his audience to feel foolish for those who would replace face to face interactions with a machine. The Kissinger is not only described as a child’s cartoon figure, but also as unattractive bald guy from the movie Resident Evil. Kiger’s choice to compare the Kissinger with such figures, sets the stage for the unnecessary disgust one will see in the Kissinger video. The
Kiger draws from several sources to add scientific credibility to his argument, leading his audience to deem his logic/argument as plausible. TED, a worldwide nonprofit organization devoted to spreading ideas began in 1984 as a conference where technology, entertainment, and design, converged into now covering all topics. Kiger inserts a Canadian Social worker, Cliff Nzombato, who wrote his grief on technology using TED. Nzombato illustrates a knowledgeable man who speaks 150 different languages who believes people are afraid of face to face interaction, leading to as Kiger would state “…lonely misanthropes” (Kiger, 2012, para. 1). This furthers Kigers position as his audience adapts to his