Compare and contrast the nature of explanation in each of the four paradigms. Using a single communication topic as an illustration, demonstrate how each paradigm would offer a different “knowledge claim” about that topic

What will be an ideal response?

Students should discuss the differences between cause-and-effect explanations, function explanations, and reason explanations as they are manifested in each of the paradigms. See pages 64-65 for a direct comparison of these three types of explanations and their manifestation in the different paradigms.