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Communication Teacher Volume 28, 2014 - Issue 3
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Unit Teaching Idea

Discovering Civil Discourse: Using the Online Public Sphere for Authentic Assessment

Angela M. McGowanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kelly Soczka KaiserCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 170-176 | Published online: 01 May 2014
 
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Abstract

Courses

Argumentation, Computer Mediated Communication, Critical and Cultural Theory, Online Journalism, Persuasion, Public Opinion, Rhetoric and the Internet

Objectives

Students will recognize Habermas's public sphere theory and analyze public deliberation occurring within the online public sphere. After completing this unit activity, students will also be able to distinguish between civil and uncivil comments that people use in online forums. Finally, students will construct civil comments in an online public forum.

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