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Ozone Depletion and its Effects on the Environment


Daniela Chow
University of Texas at El Paso
RWS 1302
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Ozone Depletion and its Effects on the Environment

The ozone layer is an important layer for the protection of earth against harmful UVB

radiation. The hole in the ozone layer found in the Antarctica made scientist and people aware of

the harmful manmade pollutants that were causing its depletion. This created awareness, causing

a treaty known as the Montreal Protocol to be signed towards the protection and against the

release of harmful pollutants such as chlorofluorocarbons. Even though this has made the size of

the ozone hole decrease, many other pollutants are still being released that are a potential harm

towards the ozone layer. This issue is addressed by two genres in which they inform and

advocate on the problem of the release of pollutants and the protection of the ozone layer.

Rinkesh online article, Ozone Layer and Causes, Effects and Solutions to Ozone Depletion,

explains the importance of the ozone layer, its causes and effects for its depletion, as well as

solutions. The YouTube video by TomoNews US, Ozone depletion: China pollution ruins

America effort to reduce ozone levels-complication, talks about how China’s release of ozone

producing nitrous oxide emissions have become a problem towards the effort to decrease the

ozone layer and many other topics in regard to ozone depletion. These genres will be analyzed

and compared in their effectiveness in the delivery of their main issue.

Structure and Delivery

Both genres vary on the way they are structured and how they deliver the information.

The video delivers most of the information through audio and visuals, while still incorporating

some text. The video is structured in four parts, an introduction of Ozone and China’s problem,

to “Ozone hole shrinks to smallest since 1988”, to “The atmosphere’s stocked with killer ozone

chemicals”, and ends with talking about four new gases. Providing different types of information

that is still relevant to the main point, which in this case is ozone depletion. This layout allows
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the information to be organized within what the information is about. Such like the facts about

china and their release of pollutants being set apart from the information about the ozone hole,

while still being relevant towards the topic of ozone depletion. The video is short, limited on

time, and also limited on the amount of space it has for text, providing only a few facts using

text. The audience are those who watch small fast videos who are looking for information or to

simply acquire knowledge about the environment. The visuals provided by the video are

cohesive with the audio that is being provided, and its layout is set in a way to convey their

message. The video starts by giving information about ozone levels, to what the ozone layer is,

and ends with new pollutants that are putting in danger the ozone layer. This layout is set in such

a way to convey its message that it provides its audience with good news, to bad news, to

alarming news. The YouTube video also includes several communication features that give the

video credibility and structure. It uses several images throughout, including colorful visuals. In

the first part of the video it provides the audience with images taken from space in different

years, in which the ozone hole is clearly described and explained in regard to its visible smaller

size. The video also uses formal language throughout and specialized vocabulary, such as polar

stratospheric clouds, which is explained as clouds that “encourage ozone eating chemical

reactions” (TomoNews US, 2017). The features allow the viewer to be more engaged on the

topic of ozone depletion and pollutants, and its formality allows credibility.

Unlike the video, the online article is differently structured, and its way of providing the

information is not based on visuals. Most of the information is being delivered in text and only

one image is included. The image being, just a picture of the earth with no facts or visual

representation of facts on or about the ozone layer. The space is limited by the addition of ads on

the side and at the bottom of the page, including ads popping on the side. The layout of the text is
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in a column and the comment section is set below. Time is not a factor for the online article as

the author is not limited by it. The audience is those who are looking for information about the

environment and for those who don’t mid long texts of information. The layout for the online

article starts with the description of what the ozone layer is, following with its composition, its

importance, the causes of depletion, effects, and ending with solutions. This allows the

information to be organized, making it effective to deliver. Each section has its title in which the

font and color is different from the information, making it visually organized and easier to read.

The text is both formal and informal making the article lose some credibility.

The major difference between the video and the article is the way they deliver the text.

The video focuses mainly on visuals while the online article is focused on only text. Both genres

are organized in an effective way of delivering the information. The time constriction and the

freedom of space is also a major difference between the two genres.

Audience and Purpose

The YouTube video by TomoNews US, Ozone depletion: China pollution ruins America

effort to reduce ozone levels-complication, is intended for those who care about the environment

and/or to those who watch informational videos such as news. The information presented by the

video is mostly for the purpose of informing the audience about the depletion of ozone and how

its depletion is being decreased and increased in today’s time. Besides its purpose to inform, it

also includes a general awareness against the use of toxic pollutants that are being released to the

atmosphere such as those found in pesticides, which are causing the breakdown of ozone

molecules, creating ozone depletion.

The online article is intended to those who want to gather more information or are

looking for information regarding the ozone layer. It is also intended for those who care about
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the environment (environmentalist). The article’s purpose is to inform the audience about the

importance of the ozone layer and the effects some human made chemicals are having in the

depletion of the ozone layer. The article is also trying to convince and encourage general

awareness against the use of pesticides, the decrease of number of vehicles in the road and the

prohibition of the use of harmful nitrous oxide.

Both the article and the video are trying to inform the audience about the causes of ozone

depletion. The video is focused mainly on informing the audience and gives a general overview

on the effects certain pollutants have on the ozone layer, while the article is both trying to inform

and persuade the audience to stop the use of certain chemicals that are found in everyday objects.

The video and article both target those who care about the environment, but the video is mainly

targeted to people who enjoy looking at informational videos (news).

Rhetorical Appeals

Both genres use rhetorical appeals as a way to deliver the information to the audience

more effectively.

Ethos

The video’s facts and formal language create some sense of credibility. The sources of

the facts used in the video come from well-known organization (NASA, Nature Geoscience) that

dedicate their time to the research of the environment. Their mentioning creates credibility and

makes the audience have trust in the information that is being delivered.

Unlike the video, the online article uses facts but seems to add things from his own

opinion, losing credibility. The article does cite its information at the end, but doesn’t mention

where the facts are coming from when used in the article. This makes the audience lose

credibility towards the information he is giving. The article also includes a small comment about
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the author, Rinkesh. The comment doesn’t state any information on what he studied or if he has

any degree or study in the environment in regard to the atmosphere. This makes the author lose

much credibility.

Logos

The video uses several facts and the use of formal language creates a sense of credibility

throughout. The video uses facts in each section of the video, proving the source of which the

fact came from. For example, in the middle of the video, it states that according to NASA the

ozone hole decreased, but not because of a decrease of pollutants. This creates credibility and its

inclusion of sources in the description box does as well.

The article also includes facts such as, “The ozone has the capability to absorb almost 97-

99% of the harmful ultraviolet radiations that sun emit...” (Rinkesh, n.d.). The problem is that the

author does not state where the facts come from, but only states the references used at the end of

the online article.

Pathos

The YouTube video uses a serious voice throughout making the audience feel scared and

worried. The music used in the video also creates a feeling of seriousness towards the audience.

The article on the other hand does use certain words such as suppression, essential, and

harshness to evoke an emotion of wariness.

The videos use of these rhetorical appeals make the video have credibility and makes the

audience have trust in the information that is being provided. Unlike the article, which uses most

of these rhetorical appeals ineffectively, losing credibility. Both the video and the article use

logos in a way to provide credibility. They both differ in the way they used pathos, which was

used primarily by the article and less by the video.


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Conclusion

Both genres achieved their purpose of delivering information about the ozone effectively.

The video was more effective at getting the information across using a short amount of time and

using the rhetorical appeals. The article on the other hand, used less formal language and didn’t

state where the information came from, making it lose credibility. The article’s choice of no

images of the ozone layer makes it harder for people to understand when they don’t have a clear

understanding of what the ozone layer is or its chemical composition. The video stated the

information clearly and gave visuals which helped in the interpretation of what the ozone layer is

and how its chemical composition plays an important part on its depletion.
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References

[TomoNews US]. (2017, Nov 13). Ozone depletion: China pollution ruins American effort to

reduce ozone levels-Compilation [Video File]. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpy6QFzcma0

Rinkesh, (n.d.). Ozone Layer and Causes, Effects and Solutions to Ozone Depletion. Retrieved

from https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/ozone-layer-and-causes-of-ozone-

depletion.php

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