- This paper has two main parts — figuring out what sources you chose to use in your previous two position papers and why. So you would have to look at the bias of your sources and talk about how that affects the arguments in your paper and whether or not their bias ruins their credibility. Think back to our discussion on this from Monday’s class. Once you think critically about your sources, consider whether or not your original position – the one you first wrote about — is changed or strengthened in any way.
- The second part is where you examine whether or not you think that the different sides of your issue really are interested in debate and discussion with each other. Do the sides have any dialogue? Are people set in their opinions or are they willing to change their minds? Why or why not? Do you think that the “information” that people have, as Lasch defines “information” helps or hinders them in having a real understanding of their issue? Use Lasch to support your arguments here.
- You can just the personal pronoun I, especially when talking about what sources you chose and why. But don’t fill your paper with statements such as “I think” or “I feel” unless you can back them up with facts.
- Be critical of your sources — don’t just say “I chose this website because it has a lot of good information on abortion.” You have to have a more critical reason than that. Why, out of the thousands of abortion websites, did you choose the one you cited? And really, think critically about your role in your research. If you really chose the site because it was the first one that came up on Google, what would Lasch have to say about that?
- There is no “right answer” to this paper — it is a reflective paper, a chance for you to think back on what you did and why.
- Make sure to work on your papers on your own. At this level, writing together or sharing work is not acceptable, even if this is something you were used to doing in high school.
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