The Mission Critical and Causal Argument Websites

These websites were helpful. The Mission Critical website needs some work on its web page formatting but it provides good information on the basics, the analysis and information needed for arguments. I liked how the main topics had more sections that were specific to the topics as well. Although this formatting was nice and easy to use, it does need some improvement. Just as I mentioned earlier, the website needs to be improved with better features and quality designs. The casual argument site had a different focus that was a bit more out there. The page stated everything in detail so that the casual arguments could be explained better. Although I liked the page I would add more modern features to the website. When looking at both websites, I decided that I liked both the pages because they addressed information that any communications class should know. Although they can be improved, the website serves their purpose.

Incorrect conclusion

A couple months ago I met someone who seemed to be an extraordinary person. Her grades were great, she was very kind to everyone, many people were very fond of her, and she appeared to be the sweetest and most harmless person in the world. She never did anything wrong and I was very fooled by what she appeared to be. Unfortunately, I discovered a side of her that I would have never thought she had. I went over to her house to work on an assignment for class. She had previously told me to invite myself in when I arrived because she was going to be taking a shower and she wasn’t going to be able to open the door. Because of this, I tried coming 30 minutes earlier so that she would know I was there, but when I arrived she never opened the door. I invited myself in like she told me to do as originally planned. As I headed towards her room, I could hear her loudly speaking over the phone about how tired she was about faking the friendship she had made with my friends and I. What was worst was not that she was faking every single part of herself, but that she was doing it so that she could steel my friend’s boyfriend. She apparently was after him for a very long time. As she spoke to her mother, it seemed like her mother encouraged this behavior until it was possible for the girl to get what she wanted. I was shocked. I would have never thought this from someone in our circle of friends, especially her. This actually got me thinking that narcissist disorders actually exist. This behavior shows many attributes of this disorder and a couple other scientific finding on personality disorders as well.

daily horoscope

Although, I don’t really believe in predictions my horoscope was partially accurate. On Saturday April 28th, my horoscope said that the money I have been waiting for in the mail will come in due time and that I was not going to be able to do anything about it to speed up the process. This money will supposedly arrive shortly and then my financial difficulties will be resolved. I do admit that I have been short on cash for a while, for my savings have been gradually diminishing lately but, I have not been waiting for some money to arrive specifically in the mail or in some sort of envelope. This prediction is falsifiable because I can prove part of it wrong by using a counter example. Instead of waiting for money to come to me in the mail I can say I was really waiting to hear from a new job that I have applied for so that I can start earning money. Also, if I was able to somehow contact other employers and get a job faster, I could probably receive the money I need a lot faster than just sitting around waiting for it. One last event that would make this horoscope falsifiable would be receiving the money I need and still not getting out of my financial difficulties for a very long time. Even though I do not believe in predictions, hopefully I can get the money I need just how the horoscope predicted.

Sadler Vs. Hunt

Although it is true that some students have difficulties writing, the value of grades over rule the actual learning experience, plagiarism is unrecognizable for many student and that scholarly writing is much like plagiarism, we must never forget that we cannot take credit for something that is not our own work. I believe that Brook J. Sadler presents the best argument because she gives a clear stand to why plagiarism should not take place, why it isn’t fair, why student do not benefit from it, why it deceive others and the student committing plagiarism, and why it doesn’t benefit the student educational career. Sadler gives a solution to the plagiarism problem that makes sense and fallows guidelines as to what the argument that Russell Hunt provides does not. Russell only states four reasons as to why plagiarism is not bad and why helping student understand plagiarism is not helpful at all. These reasons are not sufficient enough to actually cover the whole subject. This is why I think that Sadler has the better argument.

Sadler Vs. Hunt

Although it is true that some students have difficulties writing, the value of grades over rule the actual learning experience, plagiarism is unrecognizable for many student and that scholarly writing is much like plagiarism, we must never forget that we cannot take credit for something that is not our own work. I believe that Brook J. Sadler presents the best argument because she gives a clear stand to why plagiarism should not take place, why it isn’t fair, why student do not benefit from it, why it deceive others and the student committing plagiarism, and why it doesn’t benefit the student educational career. Sadler gives a solution to the plagiarism problem that makes sense and fallows guidelines as to what the argument that Russell Hunt provides does not. Russell only states four reasons as to why plagiarism is not bad and why helping student understand plagiarism is not helpful at all. These reasons are not sufficient enough to actually cover the whole subject. This is why I think that Sadler has the better argument.

Interpreting Media Messages

In this week’s reading, I found that the concept used in order to interpret media messages were very interesting. After collecting all the facts that we need, we need to ask ourselves many questions. A couple of key thoughts that we should keep in mind are to know who created the message, what was the purpose of the message, what techniques were used in order to charm the reader’s interest, and what values and points of views were demonstrated. We must then ask ourselves our own thoughts on what we have read seen or heard from the media. This includes the reactions we had and how we interpreted the information. We also need to think about how others interpret the information being given, if the message is biased in any way shape or form and how the information might affect individuals and society as a whole. We must lastly understand how the information is being backed up, if it is credible, if it uses good facts and reasoning or if it does it at all. Fallowing these questions will enable us to interpret media messages in a better manner.

Media and our views

In today's world the media makes a huge impact in our lives. I think that without it, many of us who are use to such luxuries will not be able to manage our lives with ease. Because I have access to news all over the world with the internet, television, magazines, and news papers, I can easily find out what is going on around the world, around my neighborhood, school, family and friends. The media does inform us about everything we know, but it also influences our views on many subjects. We can only interpret this information given to us by the amount of information and stand that the media provides us. Although this is so, I believe that we should try to interpret what we are giving with our own views and values. The media challenges us because we must learn to interpret the difference between what the media wants us to think and believe and what we really think and believe on our own. We are given many views that expand our thinking and our views, but it is up to us to decide what we want to take in.

Advertising food?

Although both Wootan and Liodice make great arguments, I believe that Liodice has the better stand. Making good and healthy choices can not be enforced by anyone and they certainly can not be manipulated by law enforcement. Nutrition is extremely important, especially for kids, but parents have to enforce rules on what their kids eat. We all know that advertisements pray on everyone, and knowing that kids are the ones that are most easily influenced, parents should educate their kids on what they are advertised. It is the parents responsibility to educate and enforce rules on their children so that they can understand the nutritional content of the foods they eat. The choice on what an individual feeds him or her self is within the individual. Children should come to understand that at a young age because of all the influential media around us. This does not mean that I support faulty and misleading advertisement directed to children, but I do realize that we all have the right to freedom of speech,which includes McDonald's and other fast food restaurants. The one thing that I do agree with in Wootan's argument is that the fast food industry should make the public aware of what they are eating, at least just as much as they advertise it.

Advertisement

This week one of the concepts that I found interesting was how to evaluate advertisements. When I read this section I didn't expect to find so many different tactics in approaching this concept. To my surprise, I came to realize that a lot of ads give faulty and week arguments. Many are missing key facts or statistics that misrepresent the advertisement being given. This generally means that not all the premises are given for the argument at hand. Some advertisements use scare tactics, which pry on fear,emotions, shame, and insecurities to get their point across. Other advertisements use fallacies of popular appeal which pry on what everyone likes. Other ads pry on fallacies of questionable causes by making something look more wonderful than what it really is. There are many fallacies that can be used to misrepresent advertisements. Before we draw any conclusions from ads presented to us we need to understand all the premises that are given and hidden so that we do not make faulty assumption by something that is commercialized to us.

Consumer strategies

During this past week, I have used several consumer strategies that have been effective and non-effective as a consumer. On Monday, I bought a laptop online and compared the prices for the laptops with the help of a friend. When doing this, I used the opportunities available, such as the Internet, to my advantage. I also compared the competitors and consulted the consumers’ dissatisfaction’s in order to figure out what would be my best buy. Just yesterday I bought the new android razor maxx and compared and contrasted all the other phones that were available to the phone. The only weakness that I had was the lack of expertise from my part as a consumer for laptops and 4G phones. The truth is I don’t know much about these subjects even though I should understand more about the capability of the device I am purchasing. If I managed to do this I could reach more effective consumer strategies when purchasing laptops and smart phones.