Comm Tech and Society | April 16, 2007

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April 16, 2007

Lecture: You benefit indirectly from it (science)

Key concepts: free revealing, the funding of scientific research, peer review, trends in scientific and medical information
Examples: in-class debate/roleplay

Textbook: 1984 -- part one, sections 1-4

Read the PART ONE, SECTIONS 1-4 of Orwell, George. 1984.

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