The first observation I had in my active reading explained how when we review something, we need to keep an open mind. This can sometimes be difficult if we have strong feelings towards the topic. Take movies reviews for example. If someone reviews a movie that they personally didn’t like but they knew deep down that it was a quality-made movie, than their review should not be overly biased towards their own opinion. The reviewer must keep an open mind.
The second observation I had in my active reading was how a reviewer needs to explain why they had the feelings that they had towards a topic. There needs to be reasoning why they liked or disliked something. If there is no reasoning, then the reviewer will not receive credit from the readers of the review. The reviewer must defend their opinion.
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One of the biggest way that I use reviews in my life is when I buy something off of Amazon. Most of the time, I’ve never seen or used the object that I am buying so I do not know if it is a quality product. I will read the reviews and see what people like and dislike about the product. The goal is to find a good balance of low price and best reviews. When you buy a product online, you do not get to get a feel for the product and do not get helpful information from a store employee. I think it is vital to look at the reviews before every purchase on Amazon because it is honest reviews from peoplewho purchased the same product.
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I think it is a smart idea to look at reviews when buying a product as well, especially online. I also like that you pointed out that when writing a review you need to keep an open mind, I feel like it is best to go into writing a review without an opinion formed.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree it’s important open mind when reviewing something. That way, we may learn something we initially did not know based on our first impressions. If we are close minded, our review will come across as biased and meaningless.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with keeping an open mind because i think everybody needs to be able to form their own opinion for things rather than leaving it up for somebody else to decide.
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