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COM 340 Entire Course (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com340outlet.com   What Is Technical
Communication? What is the difference between
technical communication and technical writing?
After completing your reading assignments for
this week, how would you define each of these
terms? Create your own definition for technical
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing. The Value of Technical
Communication. Why do we need technical
communication? What purpose does it serve?
Identify at least five types of documents or
other written materials that could be considered
technical writing that you engage in or see in
your home and/or workplace.
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Assignment Mass Media Worksheet COM 340 Week 1 DQ
1 COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3 COM 340
Week 2 Assignment Print Media Comparison COM 340
Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion COM 340 Week 2
DQ 1
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 What Is Technical
Communication (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com What Is Technical
Communication? What is the difference between
technical communication and technical writing?
After completing your reading assignments for
this week, how would you define each of these
terms? Create your own definition for technical
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com Have media had an impact
in your life? In what way or ways? In answering
this question, consider all of the media you use,
including print media, broadcast media, digital
media, and entertainment media.
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical
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www.com340outlet.com The Value of Technical
Communication. Why do we need technical
communication? What purpose does it serve?
Identify at least five types of documents or
other written materials that could be considered
technical writing that you engage in or see in
your home and/or workplace.
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   Media conglomerates are
getting bigger and bigger, with more and more
media companies concentrating into fewer hands.
Do you think this is a positive or negative
trend? Why?
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com In what ways does mass
communication differ from interpersonal
communication? How is this distinction likely to
change in the future and why?
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COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health-Related
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www.com340outlet.com   Evaluation of a
Health-Related Website. In July 1999, The
American Telemedicine Association (A.T.A.) issued
the following advice to consumers who use the
Internet for health-related information and
services. A.T.A.s criteria for a quality site
include the following (Advisories 23) a. The
site is sponsored by a reputable healthcare
organization (e.g., American Cancer Society,
American Medical Association, nationally
recognized medical college, or the like).
Information from a commercial interest such as a
drug company should include assurances that the
material is reasonable, balanced, and objective
and does not merely promote the companys own
products.
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COM 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass Media
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www.com340outlet.com I Complete the University
Material Mass Media Worksheet located in Week
One of the com340outlet Course Materials.
Instructions and details of the assignment are
included.
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COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media
Comparison FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com Read and cite two news
articles (NOT editorial or op-ed columns) found
in the University Library on the same current
event issue. One article should come from an
American newspaper and the other from a magazine
or journal. The key factor is that they come from
the University Library with proper in-text APA
citations provided for anyone in the class to
find the articles. You may also use/cite
information from assigned readings in our
textbook as support.
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical
Thinking in Research (New) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   Expert Opinion and
Critical Thinking in Research. Review the
information in Chapter Six of Technical
Communication about expert opinion. Select a
topic from science or technology on which experts
might disagree (e.g., possible health hazards of
cell phones, global warming/global climate
change, or the value of vitamin supplements). Use
the Internet to research this topic and find one
point on which experts seem to agree, one point
on which experts disagree, and one opinion that
seems to be influenced by financial or political
motives. In your post, state your topic, report
the three points above, and discuss what your
learned from this research. Be sure to properly
cite all sources.
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com What events toward the
end of the 19th century enabled general interest
magazines to become mass circulation magazines?
Next, explain why the impact of images is such
major controversy in the magazine industry today.
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments
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Research Assignments. Discuss what aspects of
conducting research are the easiest and the most
difficult for you and why you find these areas
easy and difficult. Include at least one ethical
issue from your reading of Chapter Five of
Technical Communication (assigned in Week One) as
one of aspects. Which types of sources do you
find most difficult to evaluate and why? What
specific idea did you learn from your reading
and/or assignments this week that will help you
in your future research?
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com What are the major
changes in form that books have taken through
time? Currently, E-books are proving to be the
wave of the future. What is your opinion of them
and personal preference?
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COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion FOR
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340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.com340outlet.com Defining
Terms. Explain the importance and purpose of
technical definitions. Select a term you know the
meaning of but others may not. Using the
guidelines presented in Chapter Eighteen of the
text, Technical Communication, create a sentence
definition and then expand the definition using
one or more of the expansion techniques presented
in the chapter. Post the term, the sentence
definition, and the expanded definition.
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com How reliable is anecdotal
evidence that movie violence causes violence in
real life?
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Proposals (New) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.com340outlet.com   Proposals.
What is the primary purpose of a proposal, and
why must a proposal be persuasive? Provide an
example of a written (or oral) proposal you have
made. If it was successful, discuss what
elements, discussed in our text, you used to make
it successful. If it was unsuccessful and did not
achieve its purpose, discuss what you could have
done differently to make it successful.
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com Many early television
programs came over directly from radio. As these
programs became visual, how would the family
viewing experience differ? What kind of effects
might this have had on family life?
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com Commercial radio became
the norm in the United States, whereas many other
countries adopted a government-owned model used
for education, entertainment and culture. How
would America be different today if the U.S.
government owned and operated radio?
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 4 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com Should the Internet be
regulated? If you were in charge, how would you
regulate it?
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COM 340 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sex and
Violence Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com Write a 1,200- to
1,500-word paper analyzing the influence on young
people under the age of 18 of sex and violence
portrayed in movies, television, and video games.
What is your opinion? What do research experts
say about the effects on young people? Find and
analyze opposing conclusions by citing research
experts in at least four references from
peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Format your
paper consistent with APA guidelines
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COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an
Online Library Database (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Effective Use of an Online Library Database.
Using the information you have learned from
Chapter Twenty of the text Technical
Communication, write an instruction for feeding
an infant. If you have some personal experience
in this area, you may use this experience as a
source of information. However, you should also
conduct research to obtain expert opinions and to
be certain your information is accurate. Your
assignment must cite at least two scholarly
sources. Before you begin your instruction,
determine how the
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COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper Outline
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Assignment Team Paper Outline and References
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COM 340 Week 3 Planning Proposal Outline
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Planning Proposal Outline. Submit a formal
outline for your research proposal that is due in
Week Five. Your outline must include a
descriptive title of the topic you will be
researching. It must also include sufficient
information to develop a two-page to three-page
written proposal, must be prepared using
appropriate alphanumeric notation, and must be
developed to at least two levels of detail. Your
paper should include title and references pages,
and be formatted according to A.P.A. style
guidelines. For information regarding A.P.A.
formatting, visit the Ashford Writing Center by
following the link under the Learning Resources
tab in the left navigation of the online course.
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images (New) FOR
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Visual Images. Search the Internet and find
examples of each of the following a. A graph b.
A chart c. A graphic illustration
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design
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  Effective Page Design. Find an example of
effective page design and an ineffective page
design in a magazine or on the Web. In your post,
describe each page design and why it is effective
or ineffective. Be specific in your evaluation.
With the ineffective page design, make specific
recommendations for improvement. Be sure to cite
all resources.
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COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description
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  Process/Mechanism Description. Select a simple
process you routinely perform or a common
household or office object as the topic for your
process/mechanism description. Some examples of
common processes are brushing your teeth, combing
or brushing your hair, tying your shoes, eating
breakfast, etc. Some common household or office
objects for a mechanism description are
flashlights, nail clippers, retractable ballpoint
pens, scissors, staplers, or any other simple
mechanisms.
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COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 Course Summary (New) FOR MORE
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Summary. Over the past five weeks, we have
covered many subjects related to technical
writing. If someone asked you to prepare a
written summary of this five-week course, what
would you write? Summaries are often written to
make long documents quickly understandable.
However, as our text explains, we often have to
write summaries to report on meetings,
conferences, projects, or programs. Using the
information you learned in Chapter Nine of the
text, write a 200 250 word response that
incorporates the elements of a usable summary and
summarizes the essential messages of this COM340
course.
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COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com340outlet.com   Focus of the Final
Paper This paper should be an objective
evaluation of a situation or a problem you or
someone you know has experienced here at the
University or a suggestion for a change to a
university process or a procedure that could
improve a service the university provides to its
students. You will be required to do some
research to complete this paper. You should also
incorporate the persuasive techniques you studied
in this course. An outline of this proposal is
due in Week Three, and the proposal itself is due
in Week Five. Your proposal must be properly
formatted in A.P.A. style and must be two to
three pages in length (excluding title and
reference pages).
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