Communications Question

Question 1: Capozzi and Spector have edited a volume that argues that public relations techniques are in play in many important American social movements. Which example in this volume made the greatest impression on you (was the most surprising, impressive, or thought-provoking) and why?

Question 2: Explain the meaning of the title of the book: Distorting the Law. That meaning is spelled out in specific detail in the chapters of the volume.

Question 8: As the case is explained in Distorting the Law, did the injured party in the hot coffee case actually receive the $2.7 million award? If not, what actually happened after the initial jury ruling to alter the outcome?

Question 9: The C&S chapter on consumerism highlights Arthur Page’s famous statement that business requires public approval. The chapter notes that mass society has mass consumption as one of its foundations. Two critics of this view are noted: Vance Packard and Ralph Nader. What cautions do these two men raise about the corporate behavior that promotes high levels of consumption?

Question 10: In Distorting the Law, what is meant by the charge that something is “junk science”? Think carefully before you answer because the correct interpretation is not the obvious or superficial one.

Question 11: In Distorting the Law, who is Judith Haimes? Briefly, what is her story?

Question 12: The final clause of the H&M volume reads: “We fear a profound loss in the potential for advancing justice and democracy in our society” (306). Exactly what message are the authors of Distorting the Lawmeaning to convey here?

Question 14: In discussing the issue of tobacco torts in Distorting the Law, Haltom & McCann cite the fact that underdog plaintiffs never won in court until the mid-1990s. In explaining this result, H&M note that even those victories did not shift public attitudes very much. As an explanation of this fact, they observe: “too many villains, too few heroes.” So, exactly what does that phrase mean in the context of tobacco torts?

Question 17: In the description presented by Capozzi & Spector, how did Bull Connor, the Birmingham, Alabama, police chief, play a central role in the American civil rights movement? What did he do to help clarify the issues that were being contested?

Question 18: There are tort and civil disputing pyramids presented in the H&M volume that track the progression of grievances and claims all the way up to lawsuits being filed. While some critics and analysts assert that our civil court system is “litigious,” what is the main lesson that such pyramids illustrate about our legal system?

Question 21. Identify/explain any three of these individuals/terms and explain their connection to an important social issue dealt with in the C&S volume: Huey Long, Upton Sinclair, “share our wealth” clubs, The Jungle, Occupy Wall Street.

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