I have chosen three movie trailers to evaluate. This is 40, Star Trek into Darkness, and last but not least Oblivion is the three movies I have chosen to evaluate. Let’s start with ‘This is 40.” (trailers, 2012) This movie is in the genre of Comedy. The audio captures the viewer’s experience because it shows the…
This week’s goal is to begin collecting information and planning for the final Commentary essay by reading, thinking, and engaging with your topic. As you determine your topic, you’ll want to be sure it’s viable by understanding the perspectives within it and determining what unique angle you can offer to the conversation. Under each prompt…
When analyzing media fallacies, it’s important to recognize the different types that frequently appear in news and reporting. The different types of media fallacies, or fallacies of false generalization, include hasty generalization, sweeping generalization, and false dilemma. Causal fallacies are also common and include questionable cause, misidentification of the cause, post hoc ergo propter hoc,…