COME ON IN & ENJOY!
If there is one way to reach out and connect with people, it's definitely food. Everyone knows what food is, can relate to it, and can even put their own spin to it. This particular blog focus on the cooking and dining of different restaurants and foods located around Buford Highway. The blogger uses a wide variety of visual images that appeal to viewer's eyes.
At first glance of the blog, one would think that the focus of this blog is to show the different restaurants in the Buford Highway area to the viewer, but take a second look. The individual is using the blog to reveal the culture in that area. They do an amazing job expressing the culture by introducing the foods from different cultures. By addressing the culture of that community using the different foods, the viewers gets a sense of the diversity in the community.
Seeing how the author's goal is to connect with the viewer, the tone is not that professional and serious. By employing pictures of various appetizing meals, it seems as if the author is using a "people friendly" inviting tone. This is important because if their goal is to express and share the culture of their community, reaching out to the viewers in a people friendly way in order to connect with them is the best idea.
Others may look at this blog and just see eye pleasing images, but others will look at this blog and become curious in the food and culture in that area or community. That is the blogger goal. To catch the readers attention and give them a reason to come over to Buford Highway and try the food. The blogger is compelled to write about the community because they feel they have something special (in this case food expressing culture) that they can share with others. It could also be looked at as "showing off." 'Buford Hwy has great restaurants with great food! Come and check it out!' Sure the author could have said that but that does not really give the viewer a reason to actually want to go 'check it out.'
It's the old 'pictures speak louder than words.' In this case pictures of great food from many places reveal a variety of ethnic groups and their cultures & they want others to join in the experience. Go ahead and click the link and tell me that you wouldn't be compelled to write a blog if you lived in a community with food like that and a rich diverse community.
Jaron & Abhishek what do you guys think? Do you think author is trying to express the culture or just plain bragging about their food?!
-Obiandu
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