Thursday, May 31, 2007
ARW tutorials June 4 - 8
Hi Folks, Come along to tutorial next week, especially especially if you have an NS ARP 1 or 2 to show me. Thanks, Owen .
Monday, May 21, 2007
Please collect your RCA homework handout
Dear AC,
Izumi-san gave me a handout to give you for RCA, which I did not
remember to give to you in ARW. Sorry for the problem, please collect
the handout from your ILC mailbox as soon as you can.
Best,
Owen
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
III. NP (Fukao) Propaganda and news media
Purpose: to raise students' awareness toward information they
encounter in their everyday life.
The lecture first showed many war propaganda posters, pictures, and
some advertisements, and asked students whether they thought they
were propaganda or not. Various definitions of propaganda were then
introduced to show that there is no agreed upon definition of the term.
Then the lecture examined whether or not news can be considered as
propaganda.
The main part of the lecture focused on explaining the model
developed by Herman and Chomsky. They developed a model called "The
Propaganda Model" in 80's, the main claim of that is that there are
systematic biases in the news media. The possible news materials go
through 5 filters before they get printed or broadcast, and these
filters serve to create the biases. They are 1) corporate ownership
of the media, 2) advertising as the main funding source, 3)
government and business as the major sources of news, 4) negative
responses and pressure to the media content from corporations, and 5)
anti-communism ideology (=unchallenged ideology).
Purpose: to raise students' awareness toward information they
encounter in their everyday life.
The lecture first showed many war propaganda posters, pictures, and
some advertisements, and asked students whether they thought they
were propaganda or not. Various definitions of propaganda were then
introduced to show that there is no agreed upon definition of the term.
Then the lecture examined whether or not news can be considered as
propaganda.
The main part of the lecture focused on explaining the model
developed by Herman and Chomsky. They developed a model called "The
Propaganda Model" in 80's, the main claim of that is that there are
systematic biases in the news media. The possible news materials go
through 5 filters before they get printed or broadcast, and these
filters serve to create the biases. They are 1) corporate ownership
of the media, 2) advertising as the main funding source, 3)
government and business as the major sources of news, 4) negative
responses and pressure to the media content from corporations, and 5)
anti-communism ideology (=unchallenged ideology).
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Argumentation: Features & Logical Fallacies
This week's NP lecture was an introduction to argumentation using points from LBH pp 95-102.
Below is a basic outline of the principles covered:
This week's NP lecture was an introduction to argumentation using points from LBH pp 95-102.
Below is a basic outline of the principles covered:
2. Four main elements:
a. Subject
b. Claims
c. Evidence
1. facts
2. Statistics
3. Examples
4. Expert opinions
5. Appeals to readers’ beliefs or needs
d. Assumptions
3. Induction
4. Deduction
5. Points to be aware of when making an argument
Emotional appeals
a. Insulting words
b. Biased language
c. Sarcasm
d. Exclamation points
Logical fallacies
The following fallacies were covered:
Begging the Question
Non Sequitur
Red Herring
Appeal to fear or pity
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