Class Goals
| We’ll cover the following in today’s class: |
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| 1. Overview of Paper Assignment & Brainstorming & Outlining |
| 2. Overview & discussion Grabill & Simmons, “Toward a critical rhetoric of risk communications” (415-441) |
| 3. Overview & discussion Robert Bullard’s, “Environmentalism & Social Justice” |
Grabill & Simmons: Risk Communication (Grabill & Simmons Lecture, Class Video I)
Robert Bullard: Environmentalism & Social Justice (Bullard Lecture: Class Video, Part II)
Race, Pollution, and cognitive frameworks for communication
| Consider the following as you prepare for Wednesday’s class: |
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| 1. According to Washington, what’s the relationship between how is environmental justice als a health crisis? |
| 2. According to Coppola, why doesn’t increased public information motivate “the public” to take action against, for example, climate change? |
| 3. Why is defining key terms crucial to technical and academic writing? |