The two websites

Both websites were very helpful considering all the examples they gave to describe each topic. The first website including all the fallacies and arguments re freshened up my mind. The detail in each topic was very clear and I was able to understand it more than I already have. Fallacies always happen and it is cool to know what those fallacies are called. Also the analysis of arguments including deductive and inductive are used daily because we are always deciding on topics and events. There are many ways to decide on an argument and the ones present on the mission critical are some good examples of some. The casual argument website was very detailed and explained everything you needed to know about a casual argument. It gave plenty of examples of a casual argument and showed the strengths.  By knowing all these different strategies on how to analyze arguments, It will benefit in my daily life and be able to break down problems. 

Misleading conclusion

There was one time when I had a misleading conclusion. The observation was on the amount of students becoming obese and how it was the companies fault for advertising un-healthy food. I was gathering information and evidence on how companies try to target children by putting ads at schools and commercials on television. Since children are constantly watching television and they are the main consumers of fast-food. What I didn’t take in is that parents are the main problem. The problem is that parents need to maintain what their children are eating. I mislead my audience in thinking that it’s the companies fault rather than the parents. Focusing on the scientific method, I realized by interviewing a handful of parents it’s false that the advertisements cause children to become fat, the reality is parents are not so strict on their eating habits. A lot of people probably think that it’s wrong for fast food restaurants to promote un-healthy meals but the truth is that it’s the parents’ wrong action to let their children eat those meals. 

Horoscope

"Letting yourself be emotionally exposed is difficult, but you can do it -- and you should. Your bravery has been proven to other people many times over, but have you proven it to yourself? Someone close to you wants to know more about your inner thoughts, and they want the truth. Do not candy-coat your feelings in an effort to make them seem more mainstream or acceptable. What's the point of that? You have to let it all come out without editing a word." -My Horoscope

I don't always look at horoscopes but the ones I have read I realized they are somewhat true. The prediction is kind of true but it says comments that are usually common in someone’s life and then makes that person believe that they will always be true or need to happen. For example, one day it says that someone close to you wants to know more about your inner thoughts, and they want the truth or you need to express your emotions don’t be scared. Those examples are so common that they happen all the time or at least we all feel that sometime throughout the day. Horoscopes make you think that you have to take part in the saying. When it says my bravery has been proven many times but have I proven it to myself, is so common because of course my bravery has been proven to someone. I have friends and family that I’m around all the time of course they seen my bravery. I can easily create an example of a horoscope comment: You need to relax and watch, soon you will have the time to speak. 

Media Literacy

“Media literacy” is the ability to understand and critically analyze the influence of the mass media on our lives. I feel that media literacy is very important to understand so that we are not fooled or controlled by the media. The media is exposed everywhere and at any moment they could easily lead you to believe in false information. There are certain people that believe anything the media says and those people are controlled by the media. That is not good because now those people are relaying that false information to other people causing a flow of false information. I’m not saying all the media is false but you need to understand what the truth is and what isn’t. We need to make sure you are in control of your life and the media isn’t in control. A lot of people think that the media doesn’t affect them but in some aspect it does. For example, politic discussions and voting’s affect how the government decides on running things or certain rules that are made. Media is a good and bad guide, it just depends on how you view it. 

Sadler and Hunt

After reading the responses from both professors, I realized that they both had good arguments. Sadler, a professor at University of South Florida, argues that the issue of internet plagiarism is wrong. One point she made was that plagiarism could raise the teachers grading scale making the honest students have weaker papers and those who plagiarize have stronger papers. As a whole, Sadler does not approve of plagiarism and it’s unfair to students and teachers. Russell Hunt, a professor at St. Thomas University, doesn’t necessarily disagree with plagiarism. As a result to how the school and grading system has been created, hunt feels that students turn to plagiarism to satisfy certain requirements.  Hunt even says that plagiarism challenges the overwhelming pressure for grades which our institutions have created and foster. As a college student, I notice how a lot of students plagiarize way too much and that isn’t okay. Although there are times when the school punishes students for plagiarism in which there was no need for punishment. For example, I could write a paper that was written on the top of my head, but when I put it in Turnitin.com, it will say I plagiarized more that 20%. I would have to say plagiarism is looked at way too closely and it’s need to be allowed to a certain extent.  

Media Experiences

We are exposed to media every day. Watching the news, browsing online, or reading newspapers, all contribute to the media. In my media experiences, it has changed my view on the world and how I consistently stick to my values to make sure I never change. Over the years, I have experienced times when the media is biased or lead us to false information. It seems that the media relays news but then switches it up to certain extent where it could make people believe they are lying. I feel that some of the information exposed through the media is all false and stirs up a discussion. I feel like magazines defame public figures all the time and it leads people to either dislike or like them. Magazines ruin people’s reputation and I don’t think that’s how our media should act. I have come to a conclusion that our media is such a big gossip circle, that it’s hard to believe what is the truth.Of course the news is correct but half of the news is bad. The news rarely talks about the good and how the world accomplished something. The media is a place in which you need be prepared to be lied to.

Wootan and Liodice

Wootan stance on “food regulating”, is that there should be more regulation on advertisements because kids are attracted a lot more to advertisements. Since kids are attracted to advertisements that consist of food, the advertisements should promote healthy food so they want to eat it. Wootan's strategy is to prevent obesity, so her focus is to improve the advertisement of food so that there will be more nutritious food and hopefully obesity will decrease over the years. On the contrary, Liodice believes that food advertisement shouldn't have boundaries because that is considered our freedom of speech, which we can say anything. Liodice states that we should be able to advertise whatever we want and however we want. In my opinion, I feel like Wootan makes a stronger argument because food advertisement mainly focuses on children and that’s what we need to change. Food advertisement needs to promote nutritious and healthy food, especially if majority of the consumers are children.