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  Atharva Orpe wrote a new post on the site John Jay TLC Faculty Resources 13 hours ago

  Events and Opportunities July 1-31Talks Spoken Word, Bespoke Music Spoken Word, Bespoke Music is the culmination of an innovative class sponsored by the Teaching and […]

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  Anthony Picciano wrote a new post on the site Tony's Thoughts 16 hours, 19 minutes ago

  When It Comes to Housing – The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California Housing Affordability on the Rise. Courtesy of Seeking Alpha. Dear Commons Community, The Atlantic has a featured article this morning […]

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  Anthony Picciano wrote a new post on the site Tony's Thoughts 16 hours, 45 minutes ago

  Dan Rather on Paramount’s $16 Million Trump Settlement: ‘It Was a Sell-Out to Extortion by the President’ Dan Rather Dear Commons Community, Legendary former CBS News anchor Dan Rather expressed disappointment yesterday at Paramount […]

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  Karim Elmenshawy (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site chapter1 22 hours, 33 minutes ago

   When Research Claims Don't Match Reality The cartoon’s bold claim—”OBVIOUSLY OUR HUGE COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH DRIVES UP DRUG COSTS!”—with its intentional misspellings and questionable statistics perfectly illustrates Chapter 6’s discussion of research validity (p. 18) and motivational factors in communication research (p. 22). The exaggerated confidence mirrors how research findings can be distorted when agendas override academic rigor. I witnessed this during a psychology class experiment where students were asked to analyze anti-drug PSA effectiveness. One group—echoing the cartoon’s overstatement—claimed their survey “proved” scare tactics reduced teen drug use by 80%. However, when we examined their methodology (p. 15), we found they’d only surveyed 10 classmates and ignored questions about sample diversity. The textbook’s warning about convenience sampling (p. 16) came alive: their “obvious” conclusion collapsed under scrutiny, much like the cartoon’s dubious drug price claim. This connects to the chapter’s ideological criticism section (p. 30) about how research can serve agendas. Last semester, a pharmaceutical company rep visited campus citing “definitive research” that their ADHD medication was superior. Yet when we checked the peer-reviewed studies (p. 25), we found the research was company-funded and excluded patients with side effects. The cartoon’s garbled “Huge Commmitment” (government?) hints at this tension between public interest and […] ” When Research Claims Don’t Match Reality”

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  Nilgun Gungor (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Nilgün Güngör – Communications 1000 blog 22 hours, 48 minutes ago

  When Research Talks Back This cartoon connects well with Chapter 6:Read More »When Research Talks Back

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