In Meredith's speech on the need to add more student parking spaces, she said, "My roommate agrees that we need more parking spaces, as does my boyfriend
It is clear that students on this campus believe we need more parking spaces" The flaw most clearly evident in Meredith's argument development is called
A) hasty generalization.
B) red herring fallacy.
C) ad hominem attack.
D) induction.
E) questionable cause.
A
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a. androgynous b. anthropological c. anomalous d. anastigmatic e. anthropomorphic
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. There are some positive aspects of partisan news. 2. The fact that audiences are “active” means that there is less concern about persuasive effects from partisan news. 3. Demand-side bias comes from catering to the preferences of audiences. 4. The most pervasive and systematic effect from media bias is persuasion. 5. Affective news biases are, in part, a response to the human negativity bias.
The use of plausible but fallacious reasoning is called
a. hyperbole. b. synecdoche. c. sophistry. d. blasphemy.
The statute of limitations for libelous matter on the Internet begins the day the matter is first accessed by a user.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)