SSC 350 SSC350 SSC/350 Week 5 Final Paper Controversy Study (Ashford)
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Ashford SSC 350 Week 5 Final Paper Controversy Study
1. Controversy Study. Due by Day 7.Controversy studies have a long history in the fields of Science, Technology, and Society. This type of study will help you learn how to formulate well-supported opinions on controversial science, technology policies or ethical questions. In this assignment, you will conduct a study based on a scientific, medical, or technological controversy where there are two (or more) positions that have been staked out by competing groups or people. You will analyze the controversy using the concepts that have been covered in class.
A controversy can be a dispute about
o Whether something is good or bad (i.e., whether it has mainly positive or negative effects)
o Whether something does or does not work.
o Whether something is or is not risky.
o Whether something is or is not true. This is generally related to other matters in which knowledge and
expertise are employed by one or both parties.
o Comparison of two cases (e.g., a controversy in two different settings, how two countries or tw communities have each handled some issue, or a comparison of controversies over two distinct issues).
1. Introduction (one paragraph):
▪ Introduce the controversy study.
▪ Explain why it is important for society to analyze scientific, medical, or technological controversies.
▪ State the aims of the controversy study in a clear thesis statement.
Description of the Controversy:
• Describe the origin of the controversy, and be sure to include the following:
o Theissuesortechnologyinvolved.
o Thegroups,people,ororganizationswhoareparticipating,includingtheircredentialsand
o Thegroups,people,ororganizationswhoareparticipating,includingtheircredentialsand
attempts to establish credibility.
o Howtheypresentfacts,artifacts,orviewsoftheworldinaparticularway.
o Youraccountofhowthecontroversydevelopedovertime.Includetheaction(s)theparticipants
o Howtheypresentfacts,artifacts,orviewsoftheworldinaparticularway.
o Youraccountofhowthecontroversydevelopedovertime.Includetheaction(s)theparticipants
took in advancing their cause, whether any of the participants changed their views, and how they responded to events.
Controversy Resolution:
• Describe how the controversy was resolved, or, if it was not resolved, how things stand at the present
• Describe how the controversy was resolved, or, if it was not resolved, how things stand at the present
time.
Analysis:
o Your analysis, using concepts from lectures and/or readings.
o You can also include a prediction of how things might evolve in the future.
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Moral and Ethical Considerations:
• Describe the moral and ethical considerations of controversy study topic.
• Describe the moral and ethical considerations of controversy study topic.
Diversity:
• Explain how diversity (i.e., gender, sex, race, and class) plays a role in your controversy study topic.
• Explain how diversity (i.e., gender, sex, race, and class) plays a role in your controversy study topic.
Conclusion (one paragraph):
• Sum up the primary points of your paper.
• Restate your thesis.
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