COMM 339 -- Persuasion 

Dr. Lee McGaan  

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Be prepared to answer the following questions in class on Wednesday.

  1. Make a short list of several things that are illegitimate/improper to do in persuasion.
     

  2. How, if at all, does persuasion differ from teaching?  information giving? personal expression?
     

  3. Think of the last time you were turned down for a request you thought was deserved.  What caused your request to be rejected?
     

  4. Why does the text, AP, call the "magic bullet theory" and the "rational citizen" myths?
     

  5. Identify an idea you agree with which, nevertheless, qualifies as propaganda.  Why is it propaganda?

 


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