Is There a Link Between Cell Phone Use and Brain Tumors? AOW #25

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020191848.htm

The article that I read this week was about a study done in Denmark that tested one of the most widely believed myths. They tested to see if there was a connection between mobile phone use and the risk of getting a tumor. This was claimed to be the biggest study ever, with about 360 thousand test subjects. The results showed that the same percentage of people who got a brain tumor between those who use mobile devices frequently and those who rarely use them were the same, proving that there is no correlation between the mobile device usage and the risk of tumors. The author of the piece was sciencedaily.com. This website offers up to date articles on all topics under the science category. The audience that this was directed to was those who believe that using a mobile device increases the risk for cancer. The purpose was to inform people that this myth was proven wrong and to tell them to live their life without worrying about how much they use their cellphone because of a believed risk of cancer. The piece accomplished this because it gave all of the information it needed to using logos and ethos. The piece used logos by going into deep detail about the experiment that proved a widely believed myth wrong. An appeal to ethos was made through the use of logos and the diction of the speaker.