IAT 309W Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kinect, Thesis Statement
23 Apr 2014
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Ideology affects your way of thinking: personal, culture, religion, etc. There is no single right answer, it"s the way you make your claim. Don"t just assume that your audience already knows, you must explain it. Municipality-authorities give you tasks to get to the right answer. Relativism-authorities are still working on getting the right answer. Authorities are less interested in the right answer. The elements for the foundation of a research topic. E. g. video games in education -> specific controversies. * not too narrow or too general as you can only communicate one idea per paragraph. 3 kinds of dialogue according to sharples: readers direct response to the text. Critique, analysis, evaluation of text: internal dialogue-writer anticipates readers. Ask questions to empathize with others: writer"s dialogue with society (culture, discourse community) Don"t selectively ignore facts-offer information relevant to the argument. Present text in a form that is designed to assist, not mislead the writer.
