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COM 340 Entire Course (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com340outlet.com   What Is Technical
Communication? What is the difference between
technical communication and technical writing?
After completing your reading assignments for
this week, how would you define each of these
terms? Create your own definition for technical
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing. The Value of Technical
Communication. Why do we need technical
communication? What purpose does it serve?
Identify at least five types of documents or
other written materials that could be considered
technical writing that you engage in or see in
your home and/or workplace.
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www.com340outlet.com   COM 340 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Mass Media Worksheet COM 340 Week 1 DQ
1 COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3 COM 340
Week 2 Assignment Print Media Comparison COM 340
Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 What Is Technical
Communication (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   What Is Technical
Communication? What is the difference between
technical communication and technical writing?
After completing your reading assignments for
this week, how would you define each of these
terms? Create your own definition for technical
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing.
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   Have media had an impact
in your life? In what way or ways? In answering
this question, consider all of the media you use,
including print media, broadcast media, digital
media, and entertainment media.
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical
Communication (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   The Value of Technical
Communication. Why do we need technical
communication? What purpose does it serve?
Identify at least five types of documents or
other written materials that could be considered
technical writing that you engage in or see in
your home and/or workplace.
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   Media conglomerates are
getting bigger and bigger, with more and more
media companies concentrating into fewer hands.
Do you think this is a positive or negative
trend? Why?
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   In what ways does mass
communication differ from interpersonal
communication? How is this distinction likely to
change in the future and why?
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COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health-Related
Website (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   Evaluation of a
Health-Related Website. In July 1999, The
American Telemedicine Association (A.T.A.) issued
the following advice to consumers who use the
Internet for health-related information and
services. A.T.A.s criteria for a quality site
include the following (Advisories 23) a. The
site is sponsored by a reputable healthcare
organization .
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COM 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass Media
Worksheet   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   I Complete the University
Material Mass Media Worksheet located in Week
One of the com340outlet Course Materials.
Instructions and details of the assignment are
included.
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COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media
Comparison   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   Read and cite two news
articles (NOT editorial or op-ed columns) found
in the University Library on the same current
event issue. One article should come from an
American newspaper and the other from a magazine
or journal. The key factor is that they come from
the University Library with proper in-text APA
citations provided for anyone in the class to
find the articles.
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical
Thinking in Research (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com340outlet.com   Expert Opinion and
Critical Thinking in Research. Review the
information in Chapter Six of Technical
Communication about expert opinion. Select a
topic from science or technology on which experts
might disagree (e.g., possible health hazards of
cell phones, global warming/global climate
change, or the value of vitamin supplements).
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   What events toward the
end of the 19th century enabled general interest
magazines to become mass circulation magazines?
Next, explain why the impact of images is such
major controversy in the magazine industry today.
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments
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om   Research Assignments. Discuss what aspects
of conducting research are the easiest and the
most difficult for you and why you find these
areas easy and difficult. Include at least one
ethical issue from your reading of Chapter Five
of Technical Communication (assigned in Week One)
as one of aspects. Which types of sources do you
find most difficult to evaluate and why? What
specific idea did you learn from your reading
and/or assignments this week that will help you
in your future research?
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   What are the major
changes in form that books have taken through
time? Currently, E-books are proving to be the
wave of the future. What is your opinion of them
and personal preference?
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