Doublespeak

In my readings and research assignments, I came across the article that Starbucks offers on their company information. This assignment immediately reminded me of that article, as I remembered it being convincingly and concisely worded, without doublespeak, jargon, or euphemisms to muddle their points. This article, found at http://www.starbucks.com/about-us/company-information, is a paragon of good writing. I am no connoisseur of coffee or aficionado of articles, but this article made a real…

certain thoughts are simply illegal, and with a system of mass surveillance it can easily be guessed that someone is thinking such a rebellious belief, at which point they will be arrested and “reeducated” back into the ideology of the party. Lastly, doublespeak…

In some contexts, ambiguous messages are definitely unethical. I don’t consider ambiguity in personal relationships to be severely unethical, because minor noise disruption in the transactional model and homonym usage, language disparity, etc. is normally expected. However, when looking at communications on an international scale, ambiguity can lead to disastrous results in foreign relations and the trust placed in governments by their country’s people. The novelist George Orwell, who wrote…

illnesses just to find a cure for it. If the medication does not work for the animals, they suffer. The World of Doublespeak by William Lutz speaks to us about how people try to make the bad seem good. They deny their responsibilities and avoid being responsible for whatever situation they put themselves in. This is something that is most likely to happen daily. We all live in a world of doublespeak. Moreover, as Murnaghan mentions, animal testing is seen as something good because it is helping…

Miller Lite’s “Carry-All” commercial grabs the viewer’s attention with a relatable setting and some comic relief. Using Fowles’s analysis guidelines from his book Advertising and Popular Culture, it is determined that this television ad is directed towards young adults, probably in their 20’s or early 30’s. The advertisement is set in a typical american bar, with the main focus being on the female bartender and the male ordering a beer. In the background are the male’s friends and other…

1984 and The Circle Since the beginnings of civilizations, mankind has tried to predict its future. Although it is impossible to know our fate, the direction that civilization has been heading with new technologies and large governments is alarming to some. Alarming enough for media such as the recently released movie, The Circle or the classic novel, 1984, has been produced as a warning of the future. Both The Circle and 1984 take place in a society in which the rights of the people are…

Advertising is what society is made up of in today’s world. If one would look to their left and look to their right there is a very high chance they will see an advertisement of some sort. Whether the advertisement is a poster on the wall or a logo on someone’s clothing. It is everywhere. The viewer’s eyes can be fooled when looking at the advertisement or even persuaded to purchase such an item. People and consumers are usually very clueless when looking at advertisements. Advertisers know the…

The first concept I learned when enhancing my critical thinking is denotation, which is the specific object, or action that a word points to refers to or indicates (Diestler 2012). An example of denotation would be what the word means like a rose what is it? A rose is a type of flower, the color of the rose can be red, the rose can has a stem, and it has thorns. The word connotation all the images positive, negative, or neutral that are associated with any given denotation by an individual or a…

In the short story, “Hills like White Elephants”, Ernest Hemingway parallels and amplifies the conflict between Jig and her American. The symbolism of the white elephants further emphasizes the subject of the story. Hemingway did a great job in comparing the white elephants to an unborn baby. The symbolisms in the story are white elephants, the train station, and alcoholic beverages. The white elephants symbolize a consequence no one wants which refers to Jig’s unborn child. In the beginning of…

Barriers to communication impede successful communication in the business world. The main language constraints mentioned in the Unit are as follows; Clichés are figurative phrases that have an implied meaning different than just a literal one. Especially for a person who is newly learning a language, the clichés as much as may be used in communication would not make much sense. Clichés do not necessarily have to fit in the situation they are applied and are mostly idiomatic. It is a good…