Plato and Theatetus: Wax On-Wax Off
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(5 pp) In Theatetus (lines 188-196) ,Plato attempts to explain how we can arrive at false decisions, he labels these false thinking strategies as "false judgments." But before we know, which judgments are false, or faulty, we first need to know how we determine whether things are true or not. It is not that one bit of knowledge is impossible without the other, but it is usually the style of Greek philosophers to lead us, to answer our own question, in a logical, and sequential manner. Thus, before something is determined as false, we will have to look at how we know that something is true. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Poststructuralism and Modernism
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This 5 page paper evaluates poststructuralism and compares it to modernism. Poststructuralism theory is critically examined in respect to modernism. Examples of how these theories are applied within academic writing on the media are provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Pragma-Dialectic Approach To Argument
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11 pages in length. The art of argument ranges from formal debates through careful scholarly discussion to heated encounters, fierce arguments and quarrels. What likelihood is there that the enormous range of argumentation can be served, identified, or modeled by one theory. Do the extremes -- or even the edges – of the center have enough in common to be considered together? Not likely, inasmuch as the form of argument can differ just as significantly as the people involved. Discord among human beings is a normal, daily event at all stages of life; however, it is the manner in which such antagonism is addressed that determines how effective the outcome will ultimately be. The writer discusses argumentation as it relates to van Eemeren and Grootendorst's pragma-dialectic theory. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Pragmatics Case Study Analysis
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This 7 page paper makes use of a hypothetical case study. In this case, the office staff of a floral shop is having a difficult time communicating. Grice's theories are used to resolve the situation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Princess Diana’s Death
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A 3 page paper which argues against Winfried Kurth’s argument that Princess Diana was killed by public opinion as seen in the article Trans-National Fantasies Immediately Before Princess Diana's Death. No additional sources cited.
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Process Model of Communication
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A 4 page paper discussing and evaluating the process (or transmission) model of communication. This model is one that seeks to explain mechanisms by which linear communication occurs and is received by the listener. “The listener” in the process model often is not an individual, but rather an entire audience, generally without respect to demographic characteristics of that audience and certainly without regard for individual characteristics such as gender and class. This lack of distinction severely limits the process model’s ability to describe or predict any audience response. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Questions and Answers in Communication Theory
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This 6 page paper evaluates communication theory with a focus on Expectancy Violations Theory. Questions are answered and the final portion contains a short essay regarding what would happen if the public owned the media. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Radical Social Consciousness in Literature and Film
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In this new century, and through part of the last one. we have been told that nothing occurs without a reason. Such is the concept with the label 'radical social consciousness,' whether this is an accurate assumption will be examined through the work of three very different authors Anne Frank, Dee Brown and Marleen Gorris. By examining these works we will be able to decide whether we agree with this thought, readily or wisely know that there are no absolutes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Rhetoric in Berger's Hiroshima
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A paper which considers the use of rhetoric in John Berger's "Hiroshima", particularly with reference to the concept of Hell, terrorism, and the way in which revisionism is used to distort the reality of historical events.
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Saving Face & Facework in Asian Cultures
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A 7 page research paper that examines the role that saving face and facework play in Asian culture shows that this aspect of communication behavior is interwoven into the societal fabric of many Asian countries to a greater degree than one finds in Western cultures. While this is beneficial to social interaction in some ways, there is also evidence that this cultural paradigm can have negative effects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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