Podcast of 2/23 Class

To listen to the podcast of our class from 2/21, click on one of the links below:

• Listen to streaming podcast over the web.
• Download the podcast to play on your computer or mp3 player. (Right-click this link and choose "save as" from the drop-down menu.)

Podcast of 2/21 Class

To listen to the podcast of our class from 2/21, click on one of the links below:

• Listen to streaming podcast over the web.
• Download the podcast to play on your computer or mp3 player. (Right-click this link and choose "save as" from the drop-down menu.)

Handouts for 2/23 Class

7 Deadly Writing Errors:
http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bbdpthnk6n6s3

Kill All Needless Words:
http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=azkhsp6nzs4

Passive Voice Exercise:
http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=azkhsp6nzs4

Writing Principles Document (From 2/21 Class)

The MS Word document that featured examples of the writing principles we went over in the 2/21 class is available at http://nw07.american.edu/~mgetty/writingprincip.doc.

Talkin' 'bout My Generation

For those still interested in the debate over whether or not you can characterize a generation, you might want to check out tonight's American Forum, “What did you do in the Revolution, Mom and Dad? Debating the Boomers' Legacy of Social Change.” AU SOC professor Lenny Steinhorn will be talking about his new book, The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy and debating the point it makes about the baby boomers with other academics.

If you're interested, you can attend the debate in person in the Mary Graydon Center University Club at 8:00 p.m. tonight or listen to it live on WAMU 88.5 FM.

Judging from the arguments the book has already started (see review and Steinhorn's rebuttal), it should be a lively discussion similar to the one we had in class last week over defining Generation Y.

2/16 Class Cancelled

I know it will break each of your hearts, but I need to cancel tonight's (2/16) class.

To accommodate for the missed class time, I will also move back the due date of your rhetorical critique by one week. Instead of being due on Feb. 21, the rhetorical critique will be due on Feb. 28.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Podcast of 2/9 Class

To listen to the podcast of our class from 2/9, click on one of the links below:

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Suggestions for Articles to Critique in Your Rhetorical Critique

"'Careful You Might Run Out of Planet': SUVs and the Exploitation of the American Myth"

"The Parable of the Democracy of Goods"

"Voting Democracy off the Island: Reality TV and the Republican Ethos"

"The Simpsons, Hyper-Irony, and the Meaning of Life"

"Signs of Intelligent Life on TV"

"The New Sexual Stone Age"

"Homosexuality on Televison: The Heterosexualization of Will and Grace"

"Class and Virtue"

"The Postmorbid Condition"

"Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising"

"The Beauty Myth"

"Warrior Dreams"

"In Living Color: Race and American Culture"

"Put on a Happy Face: Masking the Differences between Blacks and Whites"

"Be Like Mike? Michael Jordan and the Pedagogy of Desire"

"What Makes Superman So Darned American"

Podcast of 2/7 Class

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Podcast of 1/31 Class

To listen to the podcast of our class from 1/31, click on one of the links below:

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