To Trust or Not to Trust, Cred
In the article "Video Surveillance: Invasion of privacy or reasonable response to misconduct?" found on the Emond-Harnden website, an argument is posed for the reader. The content of this argument is of great import to the read, but something possibly more significant is the credibility of the website. In essence, can the information this website provides be trusted enough to direct people in their lives and sway their opinions in the way of the argument. There are many parts of an argument that must be evaluated first, before the argument can be valued as credible. According to Browne and Keeley of their book Evaluating Online Resources "Healthy doubt is [a] positive self-defense" (24) when it comes to evaluating an argument and its credibility. Anyone has the ability to write a website, but for that information to be admitted as credible the author must be first established as trustworthy. Many questions must be asked about the author to establish their credibility, and seeing as how this article is written by "Emond-Harnden", the credibility of a whole company must be established. Emond-Harnden is a law firm that litigates for unions as well as the companies that employ them in labor disputes as well as other troubles.
For an argument to be convincing at all one must have motives and reasons as to why they support or disavow a certain topic. There are many motives within argument, but almost always a few main ones are found. The main motives within the article are to inform, to sell, and to a slight degree, to advocate. The informational side of this motive is prevalent throughout the whole article, giving the reader, recent, document-able examples throughout the paper. One must not forget that this website for a law firm which provides counseling for employers in labor disputes and functions related to union activities. Although they may be trying to inform the reader of the pros and cons of video surveillance at the same time the reader's opinion is being swayed to accept their counseling and subsequently their fees with statements such as "The problem is not only a legal one..." (5) This open-ended statement that hopefully makes the reader feel like they need legal counsel and since Edmond-Harden provided this information, who better to provided the reader legal counsel? The advocacy standpoint of this website The motives supporting an argument are paramount to establishing the argument and its credibility, but very few things can sway a reader's opinion other than the examples and evidences presented by the writers of the argument. The examples used the article are both for and against video surveillance, the fact that examples against the article are included demonstrate credibility not only for the website but for the argument and for the arguer themselves. Again, this branches back to the argument of ethos and the author's need to establish their credibility through their appearance and language throughout the paper. To help a paper seem more credible the examples within it should be both for and against the argument, w
Some common words found in the essay are:
Nancy Wood, Resources Healthy, Industries Ltd, Surveillance Invasion, video surveillance, credibility website, establish credibility, British Columbia, Kimberly-Clarke Inc, Browne Keeley, reader's opinion, website argument, ethical argument, argument examples, IWA-Canada Local, , article video surveillance, examples argument, argument credibility, admissibility video surveillance, court case, credibility admissibility video,
Approximate Word count = 1237
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
|