Environmental Pollution and Mitigation
Complete this week’s “The Graduate” scenario. You will notice that there are multiple arguments presented to influence your perspective on the issue confronted in the scenario. You confront arguments every day. In our digital age, however, they do not merely happen in face to face gatherings. Media and social media are often used to convey arguments. View the examples provided in “The Graduate Scenario” activity as well as those presented in this week’s required multimedia resources to see what arguments in the media may look like. Then, on your own, find an example of an argument from a media source. Within the course of your posts this week, make sure to do all of the following:
- Include a link or bibliographical information for the source in your discussion post.
- Determine the issue that is being discussed and the conclusion that is drawn on that issue.
- Explain the reasons that are given for that conclusion in the example that you identify.
- Finally, explain whether or not you were convinced by the argument. If you were convinced, explain why you found the argument strong or sound. If you were not convinced, explain why you found the argument weak and lacking.
These argument examples can be used to help you identify what arguments in the media may look like. You must find your own argument in the media for your discussion post, but these examples may help you in that process. It is not necessary to view all examples, but it is encouraged that you view as many as necessary to fully grasp the concept of arguments in media.
(2010, Nov. 27). Peter Singer’s ethics [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVViICWs4dM
This video introduces students to the arguments that Peter Singer uses in his ethical philosophy. Transcript
(2009, October 10) Slavoj Zizek in Examined Life [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCfiv1xtoU
(n.d.). Transcript for Slavoj Zizek on Examined Life [Transcript]. Retrieved from http://dotsub.com/view/521f857f-7024-4c56-9258-4dd2d59a3e8b/viewTranscript/eng
Kolodziej, M. (2013). Arguments in media (Example). Office of Assessment Strategies & Instructional Systems, Ashford University, Clinton, IA.
This document serves as an example of how arguments appear in the media and how they can be broken into their component parts.
(2008, Nov. 14). Argument clinic [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y
The argument sketch. (2009). In net [Trasncript]. Retrieved from http://www.montypython.net/scripts/argument.php
NBC News. (2012, January 13). Martin Luther King Jr. on NBC’s Meet the Press in 1965 [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAtsAwGreyE
NBC Learn. (2012). Meet the Press: Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Selma March [Transcript]. Retrieved from https://a248.e.akamai.net/7/1635/50139/1d/origin.nbclearn.com/files/nbcarchives/site/pdf/48756.pdf
(2008, July 14). Alan Keyes v. Barack Obama debate on death penalty [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Afr-zI8Ys
Free Republic. (2004). Keyes vs. Obama – Debate two – Transcript! [Transcript]. Retrieved from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1253974/posts
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