What I've learned...

1). What have you learned in this class over the course of the semester?  Be specific.

Over the course of the semester I have learned many things through the Epstein text. The first thing that i am able to recall is how to prove that a claim or statement is valid or invalid. I have learned how to do this by analyzing the information in each statement and seeing if any of the claims are fallacies and or have propaganda in the statement. I also learned about how media uses a lot of the same appeals of emotion such as appealing to ones fears or emotions. An example would be the feed the children commercials they feed to peoples sensitive side and convince them to give to the children. The appeals to fear is a tactic that a lot of political men and or women use in campaigns such as vote for use we will make your world better, the underlining meaning is that ones current life is not good enough which gives people a sense of fear.