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Meida Bias discourse

The discourse audience for my research project is anyone who uses TV and the newspaper as their primary sources of news.  Most people are already aware of how conservative Fox News is and how liberal CNN is, but don't know what drives these biases and how their owning companies play a role in this.  I believe it is important for people to know where their news is really coming from and seek out more than one side on any topic appearing on the news. 

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http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001578

this is an issue of conflict of interest where medical research is being skewed by people who will profit from its findings.  The study was on the affects of sugary beverages and their link to obesity.  While most people are aware that sugar = weight problems (for some people), specific details of how these beverages affect ones body could be beneficial to everyone.

National: health is always a national issue and everyone can benefit from research findings.

local: the scientific community is affected because researchers are forced to falsify information which feels ethically wrong, but they have no choice because the only people who will fund the research are the ones who can profit from the researches findings 

Global: again, research findings can benefit everyone

everyday: people purchasing products from the companies funding the research may not spend their money that way if they knew the true results of studies.

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Rhetoric

most simply put, rhetoric is the personalized style of communication each person uses in different communication methods.

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"Signature Event Context" by Derrida opened my eyes to how many different ways one can define communication.  I liked how he compares the difference between writing and speech as "the mark that lives on".  I find this to be a very poetic way to compare the two.  It was difficult reading so I did not probably get as much out of it as I would have if it had been written in a more simple way.  I think its interesting how much of a controversy has been caused by the Derrida vs. Austin thing. Professors getting fired for favoring one over the other sounds like a pretty big deal.