World Issues 1st Unit Test

World Issues 1st Unit Test

1. Definitions

   • Paradigm: general way of seeing world that dictates type of theory & ideas will be acceptable; set of beliefs/values determining one's outlook/approach to things that may undergo radical change in paradigm shift
   • Epistomology: part of philosophy that deals with origin, nature & limits of knowledge
   • Maximum sustained yields: amount of a renewable resource (forests, fish etc.) that can be harvested without seriously depicting supply
   • Mainstream media: forms of mass communication (newspapers, tv) w/ wide public consumption
   • Hegemony: political domination; especially leadership or domination by 1 state over others in a group
   • Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP): legal tactic by which companies attempt to render critics powerless to disrupt their industrial/resource development pursuits; while SLAPP lawsuit has little or not merit or hope of success, it can deter activists who are usually unable to afford the time or money to defend themselves

2. Bias

   • Detecting bias
     • Identify emotionally charged words
     • Identify emotionally charged images
     • Identify use of exaggeration
     • Identify opinions stated as facts
     • Identify 1-sided rhetorical questions
     • Identify 1-sided views
   • Bias in Video clips
     • Inconvenient Truth: powerful images, states opinions as facts, emphasizing only 1 side, vocabulary ("so-called"), appearance (wearing a suit), likeable personality
     • Great Global Warming Swindle: dramatic nature @ beginning, strong words, vocabulary (fantastically apocalyptic), using specialists to convey message, stating opinions as facts, no proof that stats are factual
     • 20/20: contradicting specific things Al Gore said (mocking opposition), vocabulary (unmitigated rubbish), comparing holocaust deniers with global warming deniers, intense images/videos
     • Bill Nye vs. Marc Morano: emphasis, people associate global warming deniers with Marc's character(frantic, crazy etc.)attacking Bill Nye, bias beforehand knowing & trusting Bill Nye, 2 against 1. if you pick up 1 thing you know is incorrect, person loses credibility
     • 5th Estate: challenging science to make people believe there's still a debate

3. Report vs. Essay

   • Report: factual account, description/summary of topic, presents different points of view but not own view
   • Essay: argues thesis, express point of view about topic, issue or idea,