In chapter 6, the authors introduce case building as a more elaborated and persuasive combination of claims and supports. The concept of the case building is broad, including various forms of presentation, paper, blog and other terms associated with certain spheres (pg. 83). Four preliminary steps in case building are necessary before presenting an argument to the decision makers, and the steps ask for identifying an ultimate purpose, stating clear proposition, assessing presumption as well as the burden of proof, and deciding what is needed for a prima facie case (pg. 89). Then we could start to prepare the case by identifying decision contexts and the starting points which support our claims. After stating issues occur from potential disagreement, we could finally outline the arguments.
I am most interested in the following topic about developing a convincing vision. The authors mention that “to make a case is to engage and shape them on behalf of your cause.” A recent song A Scary Time for Boys by Lynzy Lab could be a great example showing how to engage with the audience by developing a convincing vision. It first requires to learn the audience’ vision, which Lab states this wrong vision clearly that “it’s a super scary time today for many men.” Second, by telling the story of your vision, one can persuade the target audience to start questioning their worldview. Third, considering examples is important to support your vision and make your argument become more convincing. In this case, Lab combines the second and the third requirements together by listing many difficulties women face in their daily lives caused by patriarchy society, like being afraid to wear mini skirts; not being able to ride public transportation alone after 7pm; and being uncomfortable leaving a drink unattended, etc. A relevant storytelling could make the target audience realize that their vision is wrong or out of date, and thus they are more likely to consider a new vision.
I am most interested in the following topic about developing a convincing vision. The authors mention that “to make a case is to engage and shape them on behalf of your cause.” A recent song A Scary Time for Boys by Lynzy Lab could be a great example showing how to engage with the audience by developing a convincing vision. It first requires to learn the audience’ vision, which Lab states this wrong vision clearly that “it’s a super scary time today for many men.” Second, by telling the story of your vision, one can persuade the target audience to start questioning their worldview. Third, considering examples is important to support your vision and make your argument become more convincing. In this case, Lab combines the second and the third requirements together by listing many difficulties women face in their daily lives caused by patriarchy society, like being afraid to wear mini skirts; not being able to ride public transportation alone after 7pm; and being uncomfortable leaving a drink unattended, etc. A relevant storytelling could make the target audience realize that their vision is wrong or out of date, and thus they are more likely to consider a new vision.
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R. D., Sillars, M. O., & Peterson, T. R. (2013). Argumentation and
critical decision making. Boston: Pearson.
Hello Yujia
ReplyDeleteI hope you are having a good day! I really enjoy reading your post, and when I was reading it, I have no idea about the song you've mentioned, then I listened to it on YouTube. I like the song, especially the part that mocking boys. But somehow I feel like the song is taking advantage of people's heuristic route of thinking. Lynzy's song mentioned that women are scare of using public transportation after 7 P.M, cannot wear mini skirts, cannot have another drink even if she wants to, and etc. And then she started the hood part of the song which mocking it's the scary time for boys. But as far as I concerned, in my 21 years of life experience, these are all common sense to me. Actually women can do all these, but they have to be careful. I believe men feel the same way when walking alone at night, when they want to have one more drink they would probably consider someone would take advantage of him when he's drunk. If we think more in-depth about this, this song is convincing people in a heuristic way. I totally support feminism, but I just want to talk about how this song convincing people in a heuristic way. Lynzy pulled up some common sense about girls, and then mock boys, the listener will more likely to believe her without any further thinking.