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Artifact Summaries

Artifact #1: Scientific Article View Here

This article is about plastic bag, standard and biodegradable, and how the stomach fluids of
sea turtles are able to digest the bags. Turtles are unique in that they cannot regurgitate any food; their
esophagus structure does not allow it. Knowing this, Christin Müller and their team investigated what
happens once the bags are swallowed. They learned that the chemicals in sea turtles are not enough to
break down either plastic bag, the biodegradable bag being dissolved slightly easier in the plant eating
Green turtle, but it is not enough to prevent sea turtles death. Reading articles like this create discourse
communities, which are inherently networks. Readers process the text and create discussions which
have ripple effects across the ocean conservation community.

Artifact #2: Florida House Bill 93 View Here

This bill, introduced in the Florida House of Representatives in 2016, proposed to begin pilot
programs to ban plastic bags in coastal communities with fewer than 100,000 citizens. It died in its
second committee hearing and was not passed. This bill had the power to make a direct impact on sea
turtles lives which could have had positive effects for seaside communities (i.e. becoming a tourist
destination).

Artifact #3: Sea Turtle Conservancy website View Here

Here is a collection of reputable information about sea turtles. It combines everything in one
location and is accessible to all who are interested in conservation. From here, you can learn about
different programs, research facilities, and events that the organization is leading. A person has the
opportunity to extract current information about sea turtles and incorporate it into their life.

Artifact Analysis

All of these artifacts utilize network to communicate. They depend on people absorbing the
knowledge through reading, discussing with friends, and acting on the text. The audiences are similar
among these artifacts. People who are concerned with current state of sea turtles are the ones to most
likely interact with these artifacts and create discourse communities. However, my artifacts all take
place in different rhetorical situations. One takes place in scientific communities, one in government,
and one in a public information and outreach setting. As previously discussed, these differences only
make the network they create stronger. It means they each have more to offer to the situation. The
scientific article proved that bags are not digestible by sea turtles, even if they are labeled as
biodegradable. This research and other research out there caused a need for legislative action. All the
people who read these studies pushed for legislation to be passed and demanded action from their
governments. The conservancy website is home to all information about sea turtles, so it aggregates
everything into one reliable accessible source. Tracing and imagining the network between these three
artifacts shows how important they to each other and the interconnectedness despite their differences.
And lastly, when regarding design each artifact varies greatly. Starting with the House Bill,
there are virtually no visual elements. The only design considered is the formatting of the bill, which all
bills must be in. The scientific article mainly relies on conventional formatting as well and contains
elements like a decorative banner on the first page along with graphs and tables throughout. The
website is interactive and contains many pictures and articles. This makes the website welcoming and
fun for a person to explore.

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