I found the second assignment a bit more useful than the first. It was definitely a lot more in depth, and it felt like I could relate to it a lot more than the first one. Specifically speaking, I felt that identifying fallacies and appeal to emotion fallacies was the most useful. I never really got the hang of all the fallacies, but after this one I understood the concept of a few of the fallacies even more. Since the organization that my group chose was PETA, it was a given that there would be fallacies contained in their information. In fact, it even introduced me to fallacies that weren’t even described in the book. (Thank goodness for Google, right?)
The second assignment also brightened my horizons on whether or not I should trust social organizations I hear about everyday. Even if some celebrities endorse certain organizations, like PETA, and I so happen to adore the living daylights out of the certain celebrity (ie Lea Michele supporting PETA), I can’t fully trust the organization unless there is some reason to believe their statements and claims are false. Also, if I can’t really judge whether or not to trust an organization’s claims, I can always suspend judgment about it until I get more information about it.
Hey CVgotsoul, being in the group with you I can see how this assignment might've been a bit more clearer than the past. I feel that with this assignment, our group has already been accustomed to analyzing content and structural fallacies in an editorial to a group's message. From this PETA assignment I agree that I enjoyed this assignment a little bit more because it also brightened my knowledge about these organizations and how they use some unnecessary star power in order to attract attention to their message which sometimes doesn't make sense. In short though, I liked your post because it related to what I was feeling too.
ReplyDeleteHey there cvgotsoul, I totally agree with you on your great blog! The second assignment was definitely more useful than the first one for me also. I agree with you that I should doubt these social organizations. I feel that a lot of people join an organization because their favorite celebrity is a supporter, but of course we have to have a good reason to believe the organization and what they’re trying to support. Also, the second assignment made me realize not everything is perfect and that these organizations can also have fallacies. Overall, awesome post and keep up the good work!
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