Saturday, September 8, 2007

Unbiased Opinions (oxymoron)

My professor has assigned an essay in which I am supposed to respond in an eloquent and insightful manner using my text book as a primary source. However, I cannot. The authors of Computer Mediated Communications are so biased that I immediately doubt every conclusion and judgement that they make. Even the list of resources at the end of each chapter I doubt since I cannot believe they would actually include anything that may counterargue the topics they address. It's like reading the most ra-ra self-help book, everything is great only if a person follows these simple steps.

I also have a difficult time selecting a topic for examination since I DON'T know enough to begin guessing where and how I might begin researching topics without having to wade through a bunch of garbage, wasting my time when I need to be writing my paper. The obvious choice which would have a HUGE selection of research would be internet and pornography. But I don't want to do this since I already have an opinion in which i would consciously and unconsciously select information that would validate this opinion. I could not offer an objective critique, therefore becoming the very thing I am railing against. I almost feel insulted by the authors and how they address me.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"The authors of Computer Mediated Communications are so biased that I immediately doubt every conclusion and judgment that they make." So are you giving up? Your right about the internet and pornography, they are the fat-nerdy-effeminates on the school playground getting picked on.
A great man once said, '...You dig up evidence, you form hypotheses (i.e. suspects), they lead you to more evidence. You rule out the hypotheses that don't work (the suspects whose alibis check out). And eventually you wind up with the truth.
The actual, unvarnished, objective historical truth.'(Steve Paulsson)
Doesn't that sum it up?
You can write an essay about this phenomenon your experiencing now. Posting on your blog, hidden, but plucked out of web you're being acknowledged.
You created an open forum and threw down the (insert cliche).

Peace,
Blu Toilet.