** Indv. 103 Announcements **
Note that in the following attachments, I have used phrases that were from the Kahane and Cavender text book; from the now defunct periodical Propaganda Analysis and from a wide variety of of other sources. Some phrases I have created myself.
8/27 For today's first projection on basics of argumentation, click here. For the second projection, a statement on Martin Luther King's birthday, click here. For the third projection, on deductive and inductive reasoning, click here. For the fourth projection on hidden premises, click here. For the fourth projection on cogent reasoning, click here. For the fifth projection, an exercise on recognizing arguments, click here. For the sixth projection, recognizing arguments and their components, click here.
9/1 For the first projection, an exercise on argument structure, click here. For the second projection, on four types of deductive arguments, click here. For the third projection, on deductive invalidity, click here. For the fourth projection, on types of inductive reasoning, click here. For the fifth projection, on appeal to authority, click here. For the sixth projection, on courtroom standards of evidence, click here. For the seventh projection, an exercise on valid and invalid appeals to authority, click here. For the eighth projection, Smedley Butler's speech on U.S. intervention, click here.
Please note that Teaching Assistant Robin Zenger will slightly change her office hours. Her new office hours are Tuesday,
1-2:30, at Bookends Cafe, near the Main Library. I have also noted this change on the course syllabus.
9/3 For the first projection, a speech by Abraham Lincoln, click here. For the second projection, a letter to the Financial Times, click here. For the third projection, a list of fallacies, click here. For the fourth projection, on the straw-man fallacy, click here. For the fifth projection, on tautology, click here.
Please note that the class's official note taker is Morgan Bentley, morgantaylorbentley@gmail.com. If you need to copy notes, please contact her. Thanks to Morgan for providing the class with this important service.
9/8 For today's projection, on the Korean war, click here.
Note that Teaching Assistant Sal Acosta has changed the location for his office hours. Now, Sal will see students at the Main Library, A402 (no longer at Bookends Cafe).
9/10 For the first projection, an exercise on fallacies, click here. For the second projection, the article "The Unkindest Cut," click here. For the third projection, a letter to the Wildcat, click here. For a fourth projection, on controversies regarding the CIA, click here.
9/14 Note that Robin Zenger will have to cancel her scheduled office hours tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 15.
9/15 For the first projection, a second list of fallacies, click here. For the second projection, a criticism of the President Bush's 2005 plan on Social Security, click here. For the third projection, on the fallacy of the beard, click here. For the fourth projection, on the Ad Hominem fallacy, click here. For the fifth projection, on the slippery slope fallacy, click here.
9/17 For a projection on the slippery slope fallacy, click here. For an exercise on fallacies, click here. For a third projection, an argument regarding aid to poor countries, click here. For a fourth projection, a speech by President Eisenhower, click here.
Note that I am changing my office hours on Wednesday. The new Wednesday office hours are 12-1:30pm. Friday office hours remain 2-3:30pm, same as previously.
9/22 For another list of fallacies, click here. For the second projection, an argument regarding the California recall election, click here. For the third projection, on questionable use of public opinion polls, click here. For the fourth projection, on the Democrats' economic stimulus legislation, click here. For a complete list of fallacies, click here.
9/24 For today's first projection, a comparison of fallacies, click here. For the second projection, an exercise on fallacies, click here. For a third projection on analyzing arguments, click here. For the fourth projection, an article from the London Independent, click here.
Students Please Note: As discussed in class, the date of the class midterm has been changed. The new date is now October 8 (originally it was scheduled for October 1).
9/29 For the first project, on Fallacy of Whitewash, click here. For a projection on analyzing arguments, click here. For the third projection, "What are the Connections between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein?" click here. For the fourth projection, on how to interpret controversy in the newspapers, click here.
Please note that teaching assistant Robin Zenger has decided to permanently change her office hours. The new office hours for Ms. Zenger are Tuesday 11:100am-12:30pm. I have also noted this change on the main course syllabus.
10/1 For the first projection on reliable sources of information, click here. For the second projection on inaccuracy in newspapers, click here.
10/15 For the first projection, a study regarding press misinformation, click here. For a second projection on reliable sources of information, click here. For the third projection on inaccuracy in newspapers, click here. For the fourth projection, rules for writing papers, click here. For the fifth projection, on students' writing mistakes, click here. For the sixth projection, on how to cite sources, click here.
And here are the details about the second (take-home) midterm, click here.
10/20 For today's first projection, regarding manipulative language and propaganda, click here. For the second projection, an exercise regarding manipulative uses of language, click here. For the third projection, a speech by President George W. Bush on September 7, 2003, click here. For the fourth projection, a list of words used by President Bush, click here. Instructions for using the Lexis-Nexis database, click here.
Robin Zenger has prepared some additional information on using footnotes, click here.
10/27 For today's projection, a list of names pertaining to the lectures on the USSR, click here.
11/3 Stalin as hero, click here. Image of Stalin as all-powerful, click here. For doctored photos of Trotsky, click here. Child-spy Pavlik Morozov, click here. Image of capitalism, click here. Images of capitalist USA, click here. Need for secrecy, click here. Women's liberation, click here. Collectivization, click here. Soviet propaganda film, click here.
11/5 For today's projection, a list of names pertaining to Nazi Germany, click here. for a second list of names, click here.
11/10 For an anti-Semitic depiction from the 1937 pamphlet "The Eternal Jew," click here. Nazi image of jazz click here. On Nazi depiction of gender roles, click here. For a depiction of Hitler Youth, click here. Various Hitler Youth images, click here. Image of "larger than life" Hitler click here. Anticommunist propaganda, click here. "Strength through Joy" poster, click here.
11/12 U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba," March 13, 1962 (recently declassified). Click here for full text.
11/19 Please note that, as we discussed in class, the date for the last midterm has been changed. The original date was December 1; the new date is December 3.
Note also that teaching assistant Robin Zenger will be changing the location for her office hours. Instead of the cafe outside the Main Library (where she previously met students), she will now see students in the community area on the ground floor of the library, to the left of the main entrance. Ms. Zenger's hours remain the same: Tuesday, 11:00am-12:30pm.
11/24 For a list of names pertaining to Afghanistan, click here. For a link to the interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, regarding Afghanistan, click here.
Once again note that the third midterm has been rescheduled. Instead of taking place on December 1, as originally planned, the exam will now take place December 3. Please bring bluebooks.
Note that there will be two reviews for the midterm. The first review will take place on Tuesday, December 1, 3:30-5:00pm, in Chavez 110. The second will be on Wednesday, December 2, at a time and place to be arranged. Please recheck the class announcements page for updates.
11/30 We now have complete information on the upcoming review sessions for the December 3 midterm. The specifics: The first review will take place on Tuesday, December 1, 3:30-5:00pm, in Chavez 110. The second will be on Wednesday, December 2, 4:30-6:00pm, also in Chavez 110.
12/8 Here is the optional final exam.
12/10 As classes have ended, I no longer will be holding office hours. If you need to see me before the end of the semester, please contact me at dgibbs@email.arizona.edu, and we can set up an appointment.