Wazzup this week with COMM 3100

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Wazzup this week with COMM 3100?

• Today (Mon, Aug 31)
• Introduce the Ethics of Arguing Communication
• Wed (Sept 2)
• Arguing from Ethical Perspectives I
• Fri Lab (Sept 4)
• Mini Pro/Con Argument papers due
• Draft of APA Reference page also due
• Both Assignments found on Calendar page at Sept.4
• NO CLASS . . . NO CLASS . . . NO CLASS . . . NO
  CLASS!
• Turn in papers (115 Switzler Hall) by 100 pm

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Join Lambda Pi Eta!Your Communication Honor
Society

• Why Join?
• Rewarding and fun experiences you can put on your
  resume!
• Wear your Lambda Pi Eta honors cord at
  graduation!
• Socialize with the hardest working comm. students
  and then combine forces on class projects!
• Requirements
• 60 College Hours, 12 MU Comm. Hours, 3.0 MU GPA,
  3.25 Comm. GPA
• Applications available now in 115 Switzler (due
  Tuesday, Sept. 15)

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Communication Controversy O the Day Report
Todays report brought to you by . .
. JUSTIN ACKERMAN
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Controversy o the Day ReportWhos on deck next?

• Ryan Beck

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Your Communication Controversies
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Building Your Strong Arguments

• Warrant
• (Your Reasoning)
• l
• l
• l
• Support--------------l-------------------Claim
• Material
• (Data)

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WWJD?Jesus Christ a Homosexual?
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WWJD? Your view . . .

• A. The campus atheists group at Lorain College
  should be required by the college to remove their
  Jesus / homosexual poster because . . .
• The campus atheists group at Lorain
  College should not be required by the college to
  remove their Jesus / homosexual poster because .
  . ..

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The ETHICS of our ARGUMENTS

• Two very important reasons why we should care
  about the ethical implications of what and how we
  communicate
• (argue)

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Reason 1 Making PUBLIC Arguments

• Translating ones
• Personal values beliefs
• into a . . .
• Public ethic (expectation) of social (or
  societal) behavior

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The Individual (or vs.) Society

• SOCIAL ORDER CONTINNUM
• Relativism Moral
  Certainty
• - - - - - - - - - -

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You We (Society) Decide . . .