COMM 102 Lecture 5: comm102lecture5

• School: U of M
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 102
• Professor: Nojin Kwak

Document Summary

Folk wisdom/proverb is loaded with truth and considered accepted knowledge : however, folk wisdom is not always valid. An apple a day keeps the doctor away! . Learning from personal experiences and their own observations: casual and unsystematic, could reach a conclusion that is solidly wrong, ones impression might be inaccurate. Truth is established through a trusted source such as religious leaders, governmental o cials, and experts: authority can clarify controversies, however , people often respond to reliable knowledge. Experts may not always have the expertise with which we credit them. The supposed authority gures could have various interests to protect: blind allegiance to authority could have debilitating results on our search for, symbols of authority, rather than the substance of authority. We only see symbols of authority, and these symbols are easy to counterfeit: such as knowledge and expertise, science.