...awards he has on the wall. Also coming from a computer savvy and technology-inclined perspective, the man’s double-monitor computer set-up can be accounted for as well. It can be understood that these background items are more then just scenery, but rather context clues. They’re context clues in the sense that they tell us about the individual in the photograph, and they give us a lot of information about him and what he may possibly do. Without these context clues, it would be extremely difficult to formulate any opinions as to who the man in the photograph is or what he does. However with them, we can develop an idea as to who the man is and what he does. A wise man once told me that you could tell a lot about a person by what he/she keep on his/her desk and how his/her office looks. In this photograph a man sits at his very detailed and organized desk with awards hanging on the wall that acknowledge his many achievement, with an accomplished and proud look on his face. Humans are visual people, and what we see affects what we believe and feel. The photograph evokes pathos in the sense of the man’s facial expression and appearance, as well as logos in the sense that the items in his office help give him credibility and tell us about him. For the sake of reference,...
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...What are clues to authenticity or lack of authenticity of information on the Internet? When looking for clues of authenticity you need to make sure you are checking the documentation and origin of the information. If there are signatures or seals, check the links for authenticity. See if you are able to contact the webmaster who is in charge of the site. Having dates on the paper which can include first written, when published, and when it is last revised. When checking the content makes sure the content is not biased and is factual. See if you can find motives like if the site is trying to inform or sell. When a websites have a lack of credibility there will be no authors listed on any of the information. A site is not put together neatly and has many grammar errors and misspellings are a sign of low credibility. A site with lack of credibility will have vague and basic information, and be very one-sided without acknowledging the other side. A website has a lack of authenticity when it has numbers and statistics but no proof. You cannot find no other site with same information. When checking sites remember that anyone can put just about anything on the internet. It is very important to check information on the internet to make sure it came from a reliable source. The best thing to do when checking for authenticity on the URL, see if it is connected to an affiliation. There will be sites with the information you are looking for you just need to be careful you don’t believe...
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...Adequately Prepare Dropouts For Unemployment What is the essential cultural observation or situation being satirized? What clues lead you to this conclusion? The author to the article is making a joke out of how dropping out of high school will inevitably make them unemployed and how the school system is not preparing them for the reality of life, surely to fail those who drop out. A clue that lead me to this conclusion is when the author quotes Margaret Spellings, who said, “easy grading encourages students to be sloppy and late handing in homework- a skill that makes future deadbeats very competitive in stone walling landlords and bill collectors” emphasizing on the mockery of the school systems. What rhetorical strategies does the writer use to achieve this satire? List them, and explain how each is used. Sarcasm - Sarcasm is a primary rhetorical strategy used to achieve the satire. For instance, when the author states, “Chao also suggested that schools hold more blood drives, which would prepare dropouts for visits to their local blood-plasma donation centers for quick and easy cash,” they are mocking how many dropouts are ‘deadbeats’ who only know one way on making cash without putting in effort. The author quotes many people in authority in the school system, such as Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, appealing to ethos, convey although this story has credibility. Irony - Irony also plays a large part on the effective satire. It is used when quoting Susan French, a spokesperson...
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...1. How you determined the sources to be reliable and relevant, and whether or not there is an author bias To determined if the sources to be reliable and relevant it is very important to know and always have in the mind that anyone can publish in the Wed. It is essential for users to develop a critical eye to evaluate the credibility of Internet information. It would help if we can develop a sense of the credibility of sources base on clues and at the same time ask our self question such as; • Does the author have credentials to assume that is credible or not? Looking and digging in this information will help us to know more about the author. Where he came from? Is the author a positive or negative one? Is he or she connected to the subject? • Is the source where we are looking for reliable? Does it have credentials? Some sources are just one that anyone can attach the information and that is it. It is very important that when looking for important information us should look it from an educational such as for example (University of Phoenix Web page) or a governor website. Looking under these recourses gives you the dependable that all information stated in that page is authentic and a productive one because all information is evaluated by different members of the institution before posting it in the wed. • If we look for information in the Web It is important to look for documentation that support all the evidence stated in the Web page. Does the information have...
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...Kimberly A. S. Belsha Business Communications and Critical Thinking 275 March 18, 2014 Rhonda Curry, MBA Demonstrative Communication According to Oxford Dictionaries(2014), communication is defined as“the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium”. Senders and receivers engage in demonstrative communication by using nonverbal and unwritten methods of communication. Methods of demonstrative communication such as body language, facial expressions, eye contact, hand gestures and personal appearance can positively and negatively impact the communication process. Nonverbal communication methods have a significant impact on how effective the communication process is. The visual cues and clues sent and received during nonverbal communication express thoughts and attitudes which heavy influence individual impressions and perceptions. Senders and receivers alike need to be aware of the messages they are sending through nonverbal communication to ensure messages are being conveyed in an appropriate manner for the situation. Demonstrative communication can positively impact communication between the sender and receiver by showing affirmation of understanding and agreement with concepts or ideas. One example of positive facial expressions is if a manager smiles with every answer that an interviewee provides during a job interview. As the manager smiles they are sending a positive nonverbal communication to the interviewee where...
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...5-6. Reliability * What is Reliability? * Why is Reliability important? * Think about it. Page 7-8. Validity * What is Validity? * Why is Validity important? * Think about it. Page 9-10. Synthesizing * What is Synthesizing? * Why is Synthesizing important? * Think about it. Table of Contents Chapter 3-Context Clue/Inference Page 1-2. Context clue * What is Reference? * Why is Reference important? * Think about it. Page 3-4. Inference * What is Reference? * Why is Reference important? * Think about it. Reference Use of a source of information in order to ascertain something. Reference is to tell or depict in written or spoken words give an account of to pronounce, as by a...
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... I think the most important step to writing a formal paper is to be aware of the characteristics and needs of the audience. Knowing the characteristics and potential needs of the audience allows me to determine the appropriate tone, vocabulary, structure, and content. Currently I am preparing to write a formal paper to be presented to the management at my workplace. Giving a presentation to management often can be an intimidating task, considering the levels of knowledge managers typically possess. Even though they are management they do not know everything. Therefore, it is important to have a clue as to what their level of knowledge is on the specifics of my report. It is important that I make sure all my information is accurate, and that my sources are credible. If the data in my report is not accurate and up-to-date it could have a negative impact on my image and credibility as a business professional. “When you’re faced with an opportunity to give a formal presentation, pitch a product, present research findings, run a meeting, conduct a morning huddle, acknowledge outstanding employees, or motivate your team in difficult times, view that speaking situation as a chance to communicate professional excellence” (Quintanilla & Wahl, 2014, p. 8). Since I’m writing a formal report, I will need to ensure that I use appropriate wording to create the proper business tone. I also need to consider what will motivate and interest my audience. Management will be interested...
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...“East Africa’s Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift System” Name: Desmond Akenteng. Course: PHSC 210-A16 LUO October 20, 2013 The article review: This paper consist of a review article written by James Wood and Alex Guth, which explained the details about the “East Africa’s Rift Valley: A complex Rift System.” According to the article, the East African Rift System is one of the most majestic and the geologic wonders of the world. Wood and Guth, (05-2013) Introduction: The old of the earth is ongoing debate, which has been debatable for over centuries, and I don’t think this debate will end until Christ return. In Wood and Guth’s article “East Africa’s Great Rift Valley” they have discuss the complicity of the Rift system that keep on to advance and play out in East Africa. In this case, they have an effort to link this complicated series of geologic wonders to the evolution of man. Brief overview and main point of the article: The article talks about the East Africa’s Rift System. The author’s Wood and Guth main reasons for conducting this article as I can see in this article itself is that, they talk about the general geology of the Rift System and stresses on the developments that comprises their geologic formation. This article gave detailed explanation of the Rifts, but at the same time recorded that precise apparatus of the Rift pattern has been continues debated between geologist’ and geophysicist. The...
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...the day claimed. The ink used was a pure black “India ink” known also as Chinese ink (A Short History of Ink). This was the type of ink used to write the Dead Sea Scrolls in the third century BC, except the base was Cinnabar not the more commonly used carbon, so we know this type of ink is a known ink at the time and consistent with the claimed date of the document. Furthermore the ink is made from finely powdered lampblack which is a type of carbon held together by glue. The Chinese used small brushes with this type of ink instead of pens because even though it is a writing ink it had an even broader application as an ink used for drawing and was popular with artists for architectural design. This may prove as a clue to whether or not there is any credibility to the theory that there was a third page to the document showing a map of the Ironworks and grounds since this is the type of ink used for technical drawing purposes such as these. The pen is described as appearing to have been a hand cut crow quill pen. The quill pen dates back to the sixth century and until the steel pen point was invented in the 19th century quills were the main writing instruments of the civilized world (Carter). Thus we may conclude this is consistent with the day claimed. The penmanship is said to be of the style consistent with middle to late 18th-century English handwriting in colonial America and so it is also consistent with the date claimed. Usage of language with the term “monkie” is a...
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...these sub-titles show examples and support the main argument Turkle is trying to make. Turkle is a professor in the program of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This alone gives her some amount of credibility in this piece. She studies technology for a living, from this one can infer that she is sincere about this issue. The way Turkle decides to go about putting her point across is different, she interviews different kinds of people from all ages and uses their voice as her own for evidence. Although Turkle does not provide the reader with data and long term studies, she puts up a good argument with the many interviews throughout her sub-titles. It is as if she does not have a tone in this piece, she lets the reader come up with their own thoughts on the issues by involving so much about others experiences and minimizing her own input to the bare minimum. Turkle tackles this issue of craving connection constantly in a way most wouldn’t. Her knowledge of studying and working with technology makes her very credible and helps the reader have some sort of clue of where she is coming from when speaking on this subject. Most would say that she did not provide enough data to back up her argument, but I believe her credibility along with the testimonials is sufficient considering we all know people in our personal lives that fit at least one of these categories. ...
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...exercising our mind in the last few decades. John’s work, however, bewilders readers easily with its novel graphs and manifold examples of outdated shows. With his new way of illustration, readers may have to be familiar with TV shows; how scenes take place at various times and places have clues to the one main story line; how the seemingly unrelated plots interwoven together to make a bigger and more profound story line. But if read closely the graphs are not hard to understand, and while Johnson clearly isn’t writing to people who don’t watch TV, the shows he brings up would be nonsense to the group, and on top of that it is not necessary for the readers to even know the shows he talks about, if the readers can pay most of their attention on structure change of the shows, and not the contents of them. As Johnson putted “ Over the last half-century, programming on TV has increased the demands it places on precisely these mental faculties. ” According to Johnson, these faculties are attention, patience, retention, and the parsing of narrative thread, and they are the cognitive benefits ascribed to reading. So examining whether watching TV shows have improved these faculties will show the credibility of Johnson’s work. (280) Johnson himself admitted “There may indeed be more “negative messages” in the media sphere toad.” The truth is that conventional views about the TV industry are pretty much accord, that the violence and nudity...
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...covered here. Introduction The World Wide Web provides information from all around the world. There is extremely wide variety of material, different in its reliability, accuracy and value. No one has to approve the content before publishing like in more traditional form (books or magazines) and everyone can publish. Internet by its nature was designed to provide unrestricted information. There are no rules or standards as far as quality of information which writer can put on the internet are concerned. This information can be found in a large variety of kinds and was created for different purposes. Each of these different kinds and purposes has various levels of quality, credibility and reliability. Purpose of this report is to discuss how to assess validity of online information and most appropriate methods of evaluation. Discussion 1. Why to evaluate online information The nature of the web itself and the fact that anyone can publish or even change content of some websites means that excellent resources reside along the most dubious and these are the reasons why there is a need for evaluation. The main reasons why to evaluate can be categorized as follows: Lack of guidelines - there are no rules and standards setting the quality of the information Lack of monitoring - web sites are not subject of any critical evaluation, reviewing mechanism or...
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...covered here. Introduction The World Wide Web provides information from all around the world. There is extremely wide variety of material, different in its reliability, accuracy and value. No one has to approve the content before publishing like in more traditional form (books or magazines) and everyone can publish. Internet by its nature was designed to provide unrestricted information. There are no rules or standards as far as quality of information which writer can put on the internet are concerned. This information can be found in a large variety of kinds and was created for different purposes. Each of these different kinds and purposes has various levels of quality, credibility and reliability. Purpose of this report is to discuss how to assess validity of online information and most appropriate methods of evaluation. Discussion 1. Why to evaluate online information The nature of the web itself and the fact that anyone can publish or even change content of some websites means that excellent resources reside along the most dubious and these are the reasons why there is a need for evaluation. The main reasons why to evaluate can be categorized as follows: Lack of guidelines - there are no rules and standards setting the quality of the information Lack of monitoring - web sites are not subject of any critical evaluation, reviewing mechanism or any type of monitoring before they become part of...
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...Social Media Sheila Mcgehee HUM/186 Feb 09 Leigh Pethe Social Media The advantage of having obtainable information easily. One is all business goes through the internet it’s world wide, even though we have easy access to the internet, doesn’t mean there aren’t advantages, there are many but they also need to be able to further their sources. Now a days the internet is so mobile we even can get it on our cell phones so wherever we go it can go with us. We can communicate with emails, we also have twitter, Facebook, blogs there are so many ways to obtain our information at all times. The biggest advantage would have to be expediency where people can be where ever and still be able to hear the news, music, talk on phone. Communication services students. A disadvantage is when critical or sensitive information is available and it shouldn’t be. Meaning of this is example: just like one of our troops had been hurt or got killed we wouldn’t want this kind of news to get out before the family knew. This would be devastating. What are the advantages and disadvantages of social media? Some people have done well with themselves in their businesses, because the core elements of the internet is connecting and engaging. Computers have done wonders for our media social, in so many ways it has been used and continues to get stronger people rely on our technology since it’s our way of communicating in all ways there is so much but there that we can learn from and be able...
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...1. How do you assess the value of the information you find on the Internet? How can you be sure that it is reliable and credible? In today’s world just about anyone can post just about anything on the web. It seems like there is a new blog or site popping up every five seconds these days. I assess the value of the information in different ways. Because there is so much information on the Web, good and bad, finding what you want is not an exact science and can be time consuming. Developing a keen sense of the credibility of sources, based on such clues as connection of author to the subject, audience, source of publication, and documentation of supporting evidence, can also help you evaluate print and other types of sources. Though many search engines rank material according to their idea of what is relevant, that doesn't mean the material is relevant to want you want or is reliable. Web sites serve different purposes. There are reliable and unreliable web sites. A personal web site, which expresses the interests and biases of its author, is a legitimate use of a web site, as long as the web site owner is up front about his or her identity. Like any other source, the authority of the author helps determine the value of the information. Be wary of sites which publish information without letting you know if the information is a personal viewpoint. 2. Is the website answers.com a reliable resource for writing an academic paper? Why or why not? My answer to this...
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