Week 6 Using the Media

Week 6 Using the Media

Given the power of the media, discuss how you would use an opinion editorial, a personal interview, websites, texting, Facebook, Twitter, and/or blogs to influence public opinion relative to your policy priority. What concerns about media and electronic social networking do you need to consider? Why?

PSY655 Week 4 Discussion . Choose one definition of workplace stress and discuss it in relation to one of your own workplace experiences. How does the definition you chose fit within the framework of the example you describe?

PSY655 Week 4 dq 2

Consider the two paradigms (individual and organizational) with respect to managing workplace stress. Find and discuss at least one “research-based” article supporting either the individual or the organizational workplace stress management approach.

PSY655 Week 4 Discussion

Essay 3

PSY655 Week 5 dq 1

PSY655 Week 5 Discussion . Considering the Workplace Stress assignment from Module 4, how might work-related stress contribute to the discussion of red flags in the assigned article, “Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions”?

PSY655 Week 5 dq 2

What are some potential issues of self-interest that might distort decision making?

PSY655 Week 6 dq 1

PSY655 Week 6 Discussion . A solid definition of the Law of Unintended Consequences is provided on page 54 of the assigned article, “The Unintended Consequences of the Application of Technology in Teaching and Learning Environments,” which includes work from Portes (2000). Draw a comparison between Portes notion of the importance of careful and sustained analysis of the social context and the red flags of poor decisions.

PSY655 Week 6 dq 2

Consider the bicycle helmet example of Blanchflower in the assigned article, “The Law of Unintended Consequences.” Clearly more detailed research would be required to support his notion, but he poses an interesting way of considering unintended consequences. Consult your own experiences and those in your immediate circle of influence to generate one potential example of unintended consequences.