A shared whiteboard where the class records examples of a range of logical fallacies
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3.5 Propaganda Speech
Present a speech to the class using devices and techniques of propaganda to advance a strong view.
Homework Due Monday 20th October
There are some excellent responses to the last homework on your blogs. I am particularly pleased with Alex Swain, Diana and Kai. You have each begun to apply critical approaches to your reading. Nice work. 1) You must update your blogs with an account of your...
Nuclear Weapons are Morally Indefensible – David Lange at the Oxford Union
Apple: You’ll see why 1984 won’t be like “1984”
This advertisement, aired during the Super Bowl in 1984 shows Apple’s advertising agency tapping into the Cold War anxieties about totalitarianism to present it’s new computer products. How does this ad appear to us now Apple has become one of the world’s largest multinational companies?