How does an understanding of the public forum promote civic engagement and effective democracy?
What will be an ideal response?
We understand that speeches affect an audience beyond the immediate listeners. We know that
it is important to participate in the public forum so as to avoid unilateral decision making by leaders. We
learn that democracies weaken when the public forum is not robust and we learn that active participation
in the public forum helps avoid a shift toward autocracy or anarchy.
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A positive effect of media violence, as evidenced by reaction to The Burning Bed, is that it
A) frightens people into violent acts. B) encourages people in risky situations. C) prompts people to socially positive action. D) reduces violence in schools.
The claim "The fashion of wearing sagging pants was originally a prison mode for signaling sexual availability" is an example of a(n) _____
A. statistically documented fact B. factual story C. urban legend D. testimony-based fact