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<strong>Ashford</strong> <strong>SSC</strong> <strong>350</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 5 <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Paper</strong> <strong>Controversy</strong> <strong>Study</strong><br />

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<strong>Ashford</strong> <strong>SSC</strong> <strong>350</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 5 <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Paper</strong> <strong>Controversy</strong> <strong>Study</strong><br />

1. <strong>Controversy</strong> <strong>Study</strong>. Due by Day 7.<strong>Controversy</strong> studies have a long history in the fields of Science,<br />

Technology, and Society. This type of study will help you learn how to formulate well-supported opinions on<br />

controversial science, technology policies or ethical questions. In this assignment, you will conduct a study<br />

based on a scientific, medical, or technological controversy where there are two (or more) positions that<br />

have been staked out by competing groups or people. You will analyze the controversy using the concepts<br />

that have been covered in class.<br />

A controversy can be a dispute about<br />

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Whether something is good or bad (i.e., whether it has mainly positive or negative effects)<br />

Whether something does or does not work.<br />

Whether something is or is not risky.<br />

Whether something is or is not true. This is generally related to other matters in which knowledge<br />

and<br />

expertise are employed by one or both parties.<br />

Comparison of two cases (e.g., a controversy in two different settings, how two countries or<br />

tw communities have each handled some issue, or a comparison of controversies over two distinct<br />

issues).<br />

1. Introduction (one paragraph):<br />

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Introduce the controversy study.<br />

Explain why it is important for society to analyze scientific, medical, or technological<br />

controversies.<br />

State the aims of the controversy study in a clear thesis statement.<br />

Description of the <strong>Controversy</strong>:<br />

• Describe the origin of the controversy, and be sure to include the following:<br />

o Theissuesortechnologyinvolved.<br />

o Thegroups,people,ororganizationswhoareparticipating,includingtheircredentialsand<br />

attempts to establish credibility.<br />

o Howtheypresentfacts,artifacts,orviewsoftheworldinaparticularway.<br />

o Youraccountofhowthecontroversydevelopedovertime.Includetheaction(s)theparticipants<br />

took in advancing their cause, whether any of the participants changed their views, and how they responded to<br />

events.<br />

<strong>Controversy</strong> Resolution:<br />

• Describe how the controversy was resolved, or, if it was not resolved, how things stand at the present<br />

time.<br />

Analysis:<br />

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Your analysis, using concepts from lectures and/or readings.


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You can also include a prediction of how things might evolve in the future.<br />

Moral and Ethical Considerations:<br />

• Describe the moral and ethical considerations of controversy study topic.<br />

Diversity:<br />

• Explain how diversity (i.e., gender, sex, race, and class) plays a role in your controversy study topic.<br />

Conclusion (one paragraph):<br />

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Sum up the primary points of your paper.<br />

Restate your thesis.

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