I chose to do a blog post because I have been planning to start a blog for a while

and I figured this would be a good chance to try it out. This is a bit better than other
genres (such as the readers guide or a straight up research paper) because it is
more suited to the common individual whereas more rigorous genres are more
suited to academic audiences. The audience I am targeting are other students,
mainly those who are interested in STEM careers but are turned off by the math
requirements. The message is conveyed in mostly the same way that it is conveyed
in the Readers Guide: A series of other works/research is cited and summarized and
my conclusion is presented toward the end. I dont see many assumptions or power
inequalities inherent with this genre, other than the fact that it isnt as academically
rigorous as the Readers Guide. I would deliver this new text via a website, or part of
the text via email to subscribers. The purpose of this text is to encourage students
to try harder in math because they can become proficient in math despite what
society might suggest. The changed in genre required me to be less academic and
more accessible to the layman, or at least those who may or may not have taken
college-level English courses.
The composing processes for the blog post and the Readers Guide was very similar.
Writing the blog post required me to be a bit less formal than in the Readers Guide,
as it is supposed to be accessible to someone who may or may not have a college
degree. The conventions are very similar, but as Ive already mentioned, the blog
post didnt have to be as rigorous as the Readers Guide. The rhetorical situation did
not change significantly.