Mission Critical and Causal argument

Both the Mission Critical and the Causal Argument websites were extremely helpful. The Mission Critical website discusses the basics of an argument. It tells you how to analysis the arguments with the different types. It tells you about the appeals and the fallacies. It explains the misdirected appeals and the emotional appeals. One thing that stood out to me on this website was the universal statement because the “all or none” idea. It is considered to be the universal term. A lot of unqualified terms are meant to be universal terms, which includes singular and plural nouns. The causal argument website discusses the strengths of a casual argument. The strengths in a casual argument are how acceptable the implied comparison is, how likely the case of for causation seems to be, and the creditability. Complex casual arguments usually use commonality and difference reasoning to show that the suggested cause is the only significant difference.

Scientific Knowledge

I have had several moments where I have drawn an incorrect conclusion but I always find ways to find out the right answers. Recently one of my friends has been taking a lot of photos with a girl and they have both been posting them on a application called instagram. From the looks of it you would automatically assume that they were an item now because they were cuddled up. The way that I corrected my mistake was by asking him if they were together or friends, his response was that they were only friends and not to get the wrong idea. I texted him and asked him which is how I discovered my observation to be misleading. There was not much scientific knowledge used in finding out the correct answer I just decided to ask the source instead of assuming. Before I asked him about it I did look into it more because I put two and two together but I was incorrect and he did tell me the truth.

My Horoscope

TUESDAY, APR 24, 2012 Share with friends:   A love partner could contact you out of the blue, Sagittarius, perhaps proposing that the two of you get together tonight - alone. You're in just the mood for this, since you're feeling especially sexy and not particularly afraid to show it. An evening at home or in a dark corner of your favorite restaurant might be just the ticket. Don't be surprised if your friend orders champagne and shows up with flowers! Have fun!

My horoscope is pretty accurate. I did recently run into an old friend and we did hang out but it was not on a romantic level. We are just really good friends that haven’t seen each other in almost a year. The part about being sexy is not so much an accurate statement I would consider that to be  falsifiable. the only accurate part of my horoscope is the first sentence “A love partner could contact you out of the blue, Sagittarius, perhaps proposing that the two of you get together tonight - alone.” He was an old love partner but we figured out we were better off as friends. What makes this horoscope falsifiable is the fact that it states that I am feeling sexy and also about being surprised if my friend orders champagne. I believe that horoscopes can be true at times but this particular one is extremely inaccurate.

Mass Media and Niche Media

The concept that I am focusing on this chapter is mass media and niche media. Mass media and niche media are two forms of communication.  Mass media was created to reach and influence large audiences where as, niche media focuses on a narrowly defined audience (page 341 Boss). I never paid much attention to what the media was directed at but now that I learned about both of these I can definitely see the difference. When watching the news it is trying to stay broad and have something for every ones interest. Cartoons would be considered a niche media because it is directed towards children such as Nick Jr.  I feel that both are very interesting because I watch things that are focused for certain people like MTV, which is directed towards young adults. Mass Media helps you keep up with the current events from gossip to government policies. When most people watch television or get on the Internet they do not realize that there is a certain audience they are trying to get.

Sadler and Hunt

Both Sadler and Hunt have valid points in their arguments. Sadler believes that you are cheating yourself when using the Internet because most students tend to plagiarize. She also argues that plagiarism is wrong especially when using the Internet. When Sadler discusses plagiarism she talks about how it is unfair to use papers from the Internet because teachers raise the grading scale and those students who do not plagiarize their papers struggle because their papers seem weak next to the plagiarized ones. Sadler states that plagiarism makes it unfair for the students and also the teachers. The teachers take their time trying to teach the material while the students who plagiarize are taking the easy way out. Hunt believes that students decide to plagiarize because of the grading scale to satisfy requirements.  Sadler thinks that plagiarism is wrong and doesn’t approve of it. Hunt doesn’t agree with Sadler because he believes that students plagiarize because of all the pressure put on them. I personally would agree with Hunt because most students do not plagiarize purposely but because they are overwhelmed and are determined to get a good grade. Plagiarize is not that big of a deal especially when writing certain papers.

Media page 359

The media uses Euphemism to sugar coat things.  During hurricane Katrina the media tried to use Dysphemism to portray the African Americans as thieves. The media suggested that African Americans were stealing everything such as electronics, food, water, and clothing. Basically the media said that they were stealing anything they could get their hands on that was worth value. The problem with the media was that they neglected to report the other ethnicity that make up the populist area that was hit by Hurricane Katrina. They only reported on the negatives of the African Americans, when they failed to report the hurricane assistant. The government did not assist those who needed help the most instead they only tried to shine the light on the few families they did help. The media challenges you by only reporting what they want to report, which forces you to find alternative ways. When watching the news or any media reports remember to always check their sources.

advertisement

After reading this chapter a concept that really caught my attention is the advertisements area. I never really paid much attention to all the ways of advertising. With famous people they are considered walking advertisements even with normal people. With celebrities the clothes, shoe and jewelry they wear inspire people like me to try and copy their fashion sense. When watching television shows they show who sponsors that show and even the network it is on. Advertiser use false information in order to pursued others. The proactive commercial is a great example of false advertisement because they use celebrities to pursue you into buying their product. Proactive does not work for everyone but they make you think that since Vanessa Williams uses it that you need it too. When thinking of buying a product you see you should do research on it because not everything works there is arguments can be very faulty. They advertisements they use scare tactics, and the fallacies they use are questionable cause, popular appeal, snob appeal, appeal to inappropriate authority, hasty generalization, and amphiboly. These fallacies are what help draw you in.

Wootan VS. Liodice

Both Wootan and Liodice points of view have good arguments. The arguments discuss the CSPI legislation in regards of regulating food advertising to children. Wootan Agree with the CSPI because he believes that it will make the children eat healthier if they restrict the advertising agencies for posting any and everything. The problem I have with Wootan’s argument is that he only discusses the advertising agencies and what they need to work on. I think that he needs more evidence in order to really expand and have a strong argument. The only facts that were given in his argument was about how child obesity exists. Liodice argument discusses the first amendment and how it should be preserved and how he believes that having restrictions and guidelines are pointless. Basically Liodice’s argument is just stating his opinions. I believe that there should be regulations on how they can advertise food because the United States has way too much obesity. If focusing on children’s health is important although I believe it is the parents jobs to make sure that there children are healthy. The problem with trying to avoid obesity is that most Americans cannot afford good food or do not have the time to focus on good health.

Marketing strategies

This week I have been surrounded by several different marketing strategies. I work in retail therefore I have to use some of the strategies. As a consumer every time I walked in a store someone approached me asking me if I needed help and explaining his or her promotions to me. One that work was when I walked into Armani exchange they explained that their sales items were and additional 40 percent off. Telling their customers about the markdown promotion is a smart idea because the consumer would want to buy more things from the sale section. It also will give them the opportunity to look at their new season collection. When the sales associates approach you they attempt to persuade you into buying things that are similar to the things you have on and pick up in the store. I also have seen a few advertisements online but I do not feel that they are as effective as walking into a store because when I am online I am usually focused on a particular thing.