Sunday, October 4, 2009

Messages Can Obscure Distinctions

Messages Can Obscure Distinctions
Blog Entry 001 week 4
One of the way messages can obscure distinctions is by polarization. Polarization is the tendency of putting things into either end of a bell curve @ extremities. It is in a way a form of dualism; right or wrong / yes or no. An example is as shown below.
Situation
A materialistic person who views the world to consist of only either a person successful (rich) or failure (poor) people is demonstrating polarization.

Posted by Wan Hani Arifah B0802457

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