Hudson, Avery “Sex Sells: The Psychobiological Link Between Sex and Music”

There is an inherent challenge in making a complex topic coherent and digestible for a variety of audiences. Oftentimes, I will turn to multimodal resources to understand complex topics in school. I have been utilizing a variety of resources my entire school career. It takes me longer to learn things than a lot of peers and cannot digest difficult topics without further help. The resource I used the most for all classes and subjects was YouTube. Specifically, creators such as Crash Course, Khan Academy, the Amoeba Sisters, and various educational creators. That being said, there is one creator that remains supreme in multimodal education content. This account is called AsapSCIENCE (“AsapSCIENCE”) .

Many are familiar with their Periodic Table song but their other videos are very educational and extremely interesting. I used their account as my inspiration for this multimodal assignment. I was also able to identify how to engage multiple audiences by watching AsapSCIENCE videos. Their channel has many audiences and a lot of engagement. One might not think that I am a target audience for the AsapSCIENCE channel because I despise science, however, their account is interesting and digestible to me due to its content and use of multiple modes. Their videos have a variety of topics that range from “What Happens When You Quit Alcohol?” to “Are Rich People Worse Humans?” that all use science as a uniting factor. Taking inspiration from AsapSCIENCE I wanted my prospective audience to be people who are interested in learning the science behind the sex music link as well as those who like short YouTube videos that have educational content.

I have adapted my thesis for this project by using less jargon and pulling key concepts from the entire paper. I want this to be a short video so I condensed my ten page paper down to something that can be explained in a couple minutes. This allows my prospective audience to be reached as well as allows comprehension of a multifaceted topic. I use my own voice as a voiceover so I can display the intended tone. I also use my own drawings and writing instead of quotes or paraphrases of others’ work to ensure comprehension across audiences. Finally, I used videos to show examples from pop culture.

I am utilizing an appeal to logos in my multimodal project. I have done this by curating a specific timeline that follows clear points so that the audiences are able to understand my conclusion as well as draw their own conclusions. The order of information introduced is intentional as an appeal to logos. The basic scientific facts are introduced first and then applied to more complex topics throughout the video. This works for my audience because it demonstrates a comprehensive timeline to ensure understanding across knowledge backgrounds.