Week of February 14 - 20

Here is what's listed on the Schedule and Participation Pages for this week:

Requirements:
*Read Chapter 4 in the Group Communication text - Communication in Organizations

*Read Chapter 11 in the Epstein text - Fallacies: A Summary of Bad Arguments. Remember to read all the way through the chapter and engage in the exercises contained within. This chapter runs from page 199 - 250.

*Participate in this week's discussion. (3 posts to your blog, 150 words each and 3 comments on your colleagues blogs, 100 words each). Make sure your comments are within this week's discussion. Do not comment on past weeks posts.

*Reminder: Assignment #1 - Critical Thinking in News and Politics is due on Friday, February 19th by 11:59pm. Please submit your paper on time. Only one person from your group needs to submit the paper.

Class Discussion: Answer one in each of your three posts at least 12 hours apart:

1). Concerning 221 - 225 Complex Arguments for Analysis: Page 225 contains Exercises on the Structure of Arguments. Please choose one of the 5 exercises and complete the exercise in one post to your blog. After you have completed the exercise, discuss whether or not this exercise was useful.

2). Violating the Principle of Rational Discussion (page 202) and Content Fallacies (page 201). Pick one, explain the fallacy in your own words, then give a real world example that you have heard in the past. (You may need to do additional 'research' for the fallacy that you have chosen if the concept is not clear from the text. You can 'google' the particular fallacy you have chosen for an additional explanation).

3). Pick one concept from either text, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

***Remember to post 3 responses to your colleagues blogs with this week's discussion. Make sure you are not posting a comment on a previous week's questions.


REMINDER: Monday, February 15th is a furlough day so I will not be conducting any university business that day. That means that I will not answer email, hold office hours or be available to students.