Weinstein, Mike

Read Aspartame and propaganda techniques label each use of a technique within the Aspartame article

 

death in a breadbox although each statement is true say why it is a load of bull

 

 

Abuses of Statistics read and answer questions.  Write a propaganda scare piece about anything (e.g. toothpaste) in the style of the aspartame article.  Use at least 5 techniques from "Propaganda Techniques" and at least 2 from "Abuses of Statictics"

 

Evaluating Media Coverage / Primary vs. Secondary literature 

          Choose 3 articles regarding environmental issues (doesn't have to be same issue for all 3):

           1 from a newspaper

           2 from a scientific magazine (popular science, national geogrphic, discover, etc.)

           3 Science article from a scientific Journal see me or go to

                   http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/ and pick 1

           For articles 1 and 2 answer questions in Evaluating Media Coverage, for article 3 answer primary vs. secondary literature questions AND evaluating media coverage