Overview
Topic: Does Social Media Help or Harm RelationshipsPrior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 9 in your textbook.
In this paper, you get to demonstrate the skills you have learned in this class as you strive to manifest the ability to arrive at conclusions based upon a fair-minded analysis of the best reasoning on both sides of issues. This includes presenting and evaluating the best arguments on each side, followed by a presentation of your own argument for your thesis. You will go on to support this argument using evidence from scholarly sources and addressing the strongest objection to it. Integrate the work you did in the Week 3 Scholarly Arguments on Both Sides assignment.
Your paper should include the following elements:
- Introduction (approximately 150 words)
- Introduce readers to your topic.
- Include a brief preview of what you will accomplish in this paper.
- Introduce readers to your topic.
- Opposing Argument (approximately 200 words)
- Present the best argument on the other side of the issue (same as above, but on the opposite side).
- Develop your argument in standard form, with sources cited to support your statements (as above).
- Present the best argument on the other side of the issue (same as above, but on the opposite side).
- Analysis of the Arguments (approximately 300 words)
- Evaluate the quality of the two arguments given above.
- This can include addressing whether key premises are true (or well supported) and how strongly the conclusion logically follows from them.
- Explain any fallacies, biases, or rhetorical tricks committed by any of them.
- Analyze why one is stronger than the other.
- Justify your position not with opinion but with your analysis of the quality of the arguments.
- Evaluate the quality of the two arguments given above.
- Presentation of your own argument on the topic (approximately 200 words)
- Construct your own argument on the topic.
- Present your argument in standard form.
- Of course, this argument will be influenced and supported by the research you have done, but this is to be your own argument in your own words supporting your thesis.
- For any premises that are based on research, include a citation of the relevant source (even though the premise is in your own words).
- Addressing an objection to your argument (approximately 300 words)
- Present what you would consider to be the best possible objection to your argument (you may address more than one if you prefer).