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What did we learn?

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  Week 1 : In this week we learned about the 7 Cs which are Clarity, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Correctness,Courtesy, Consideration. These relate with communication which is what we started this course with.  Week 2: What is a podcast? In this article we learned about what a podcast is and it directly relates with the course as we were required to record a podcast for this class. We learned about different platforms for podcasts as well.  Week 3 : Cops Are Creating Totally Bogus Facebook Profiles Just So They Can Arrest People: This article covered was very interesting as it covered the topic that cops are actually creating fake Facebook accounts to arrest people. This related with the topic of perception, self and communication that we covered that week. Week 4 : 7 Email Etiquette Rules Every Professional Should Know: This article was focused on learning how to write professional emails. As we learned how to communicate effectively online, writing emails is an importa
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Social Semiotics

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    Before getting started, I just want to say that this is a tricky concept and it took me a while to understand it. Definition and History: Social Semiotics is a theoretical and methodological approach to the study of communication and meaning-making that combines insights from linguistics, semiotics, cultural studies, and sociology. It focuses on how meaning is created and communicated through a variety of social and cultural practices, including language, images, gestures, and other forms of communication.Social Semiotics was first developed in the 1970s by the Australian linguist Michael Halliday, who saw language as a social semiotic system that reflects and shapes social relations and cultural practices. Since then, the approach has been further developed and expanded by scholars from a range of disciplines, including communication studies, media studies, visual culture, and cultural studies.Social Semiotics is important because it provides a framework for analyzing how meaning
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Online Arguments

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  Online arguments are common in today's world where people have access to the internet and various social media platforms. An online argument can happen when people disagree with each other over a particular topic or issue and engage in a back-and-forth exchange of opinions that can escalate into personal attacks or insults. In this blog, I would like to discuss about the argument regarding the Hindi and Tamil languages that is going on across platforms in India. Here is a link to one of the tweets regarding this argument and the replies on this tweet are enough to provide us with an opportunity to look at what's negative in this argument. For a brief overview, there is an ongoing debate about whether everyone in India should know and speak in Hindi or should regional languages like Tamil be spoken by the residents of the state. In this tweet, the person shared their frustration as he was denied immigration services due to his inability to speak in Hindi. I chose to write abo
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The Toulmin Model

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    What is the Toulmin Model? The Toulmin Model is a model for organizing the format for preparing arguments. According to our textbook, the Toulmin model , " requires you to analyze the claim, the reasons offered to support the claim, and the evidence offered to support the reasons, along with the warrants that make the reasons and evidence relevant to the claim," (Green 288). The main components of this model are:   Primary: Claim: The main point that the arguer wants to the audience to believe in.  Grounds: The beliefs or basis for the claim, the support. Warrant: The reasoning that acts as the inferential leap from the grounds to the claim.  Secondary:  Backing: The support to provide reliability for the warrant.  Qualifier: The degree to which the arguer believes in the claim.  Rebuttal: The exceptions added to the claim in which it might not be valid.  Source   People use this model in various ways while communicating online these days. One of the examples to better
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Podcasts

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    There is no doubt that Podcasts have become an effective way of online communication. There are so many options available for listeners to choose from. For the purposes of this blog, I would be looking at this Mastery Podcast by Mark Coles. I listened to the episode 169 which focused on " How to write professional emails".  Why are professional emails important? Emails are an important part of digital communication these days. As we learned in week 4, "responding to emails is a necessity in the business world, but taking the time to type out a thoughtful, polite reply to each one can eat up a good chunk of your day" (Freedman) . When we are writing replies emails, whether in academic setting or business setting, it becomes really important that we follow a professional tone to deliver our message. In this podcast, Mark discusses about the importance of professional emails. After some marketing of his new book, he talks about the importance of tone of the ema
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