In chapter 6 of Brook Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson's book un-Spun finding facts in a world of disinformation they warn us about drawing conclusions from very little evidence. They advise us of the confusing of anecdotes with factual studies. The example used was of the published article "Do Crows Use Automobiles as Nutcrackers?" In this article the professor states that they saw the crows drop a nut in front of a car and waited for the car to run over it to crack it open. This lead them to believe that the crows were intellegent.

Chapt. 5

*Knowing all the facts can save you money, health, and freedom.
-We need to practice "active open-mindedness".
-Checking facts by asking someone who doesn't benefit from
the sales is a good idea.
-Search the internet for information.
*The "gray goose effect" is when a product is purchaased
because it cost more. People tend to think "you get what you
pay for."
-Many brands of products contain the same thing.
-Colleges also use the price-equals-quality fallacy.
-Consumer reports often finds lower priced goods to be of

Kim Wold
Chapter 3 & 4 summary
Un-Spun finding facts in a world of [disinformation]

Chapter 3 “Tall” coffee and assault weapons
-Brooks and Jamieson expand on the common tricks of deception
trade.
•Things are often not as they are described. Such as “tall”
at our local coffee shops is not tall in relation to the rest
of the menu.
•“Misnomers” mislead people by misnaming a person, place, or
product.
-Clinton’s “Assault Weapon Ban” of 1994 didn’t really ban
assault weapons. It’s been illegal to own them since

Kim Wold
English 101 on-line

Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson open our eyes to the world of deception through the book un-Spun finding facts in a world of [disinformation]. Deception has been going on for 100’s of years. Throughout time we see products change but the methods of deception remain the same. Advertisers, politicians, or ideologists use several types of “spin” to fool the public into buying what they have to sell. Jackson and Jamieson give us several warning signs to help us recognize when we might be falling into the trap of deception.

Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson open our eyes tot he world of deception through the book un-Spun.

Deception has been going on for 100's of years. Jackson uses the examples of snake oil sold by Rattlesnake King htat was claimed to be "good for man and beast" and the Emu oil of 2006 that is "Much better than Botox". THroughout time we see product change but the methods of deception remain the same. "Spin" (another word for deception) is found in politics, commercials, or ideology.

Seven of the warning signs given to us are:
-If it's scary, Be wary

I have taken several on-line classes through blackboard and have absolutely loved them. This format seems to be a little less organized for me but I will work through it. On blackboard you are able to see your progress or that your assignments have been received. Is there somewhere on here that we will be able to see things as we go or do you e-mail them to us or what?
In reading through the syllabus it states that we will be writing essays. Will there be specifications that you post here on the blog for us to follow?

Kim Wold
English 101- introduction

Four things that you might want to know about me:
-I have 80 children that I call my own aside from my three teen-age daughters.

-I love anything to do with the outdoors. Camping, boating, biking, snorkling, sports, etc.

-I am three classes away from my AA degree after taking 18 years off of school.

-My favorite past time is to read.