[ATTW-L] Professional Communication and Voting

[Josephine Walwema]

This is so timely and instructive, thank you, Sam.



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On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:27 PM Dragga, Sam <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu> wrote:

> Students might also be encouraged to examine voting materials by a newly
> published research report titled “U.S. State Policy Contexts and Mortality
> of Working-Age Adults” that details the life-and-death implications of
> their voting decisions (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275466
> [doi.org]
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275466__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!mcG2tLpD8AAWiBF7onsOlPX1sSoESGHQzvTaqZKk-slESv4xPiaFjVh3V6BcKwfNTtvLkCDiZm1qPVQFcWw$>).
> Here’s a portion of the abstract:
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>
> We modeled the associations between working-age mortality rates and state
> policies during 1999 to 2019. . . . More conservative marijuana policies
> and more liberal policies on the environment, gun safety, labor, economic
> taxes, and tobacco taxes in a state were associated with lower mortality in
> that state. . . . Simulations indicate that changing all policy domains in
> all states to a fully liberal orientation might have saved 171,030 lives in
> 2019, while changing them to a fully conservative orientation might have
> cost 217,635 lives.
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>
> The report offers opportunity for lively class discussion of research
> methods, statistical images, and provocative findings and conclusions as
> well as rhetoric (e.g., the words *ethics* and *morality *are avoided
> altogether).
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>
> Sam
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> Sam Dragga
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> Professor Emeritus
>
> Texas Tech University
>
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
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> 1-806-543-6099
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> *From: *ATTW-L <attw-l-bounces at attw.org> on behalf of Rob Rowan <
> rmrowan at xmission.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 6:58 AM
> *To: *"attw-l at attw.org" <attw-l at attw.org>
> *Subject: *[ATTW-L] Professional Communication and Voting
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> This email originated outside TTU. Please exercise caution [askit.ttu.edu]
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> !
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>
> Early voting has started in many states. Remind your eligible students to
> go vote.
>
> Voter information sites like BallotPedia (https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
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> and county Board of Elections websites present a good opportunity to
> analyze public-facing professional communication on a topic of great civic
> importance.
> As an example, here's the Cuyahoga County, Ohio BoE site: https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/
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>
> For the lucky few who live in Ulster County, NY, voters may be able to
> pick up this wonderful sticker designed by contest winner Hudson Rowan (no
> relation):
>
>
> https://elections.ulstercountyny.gov/i-voted-sticker-contest/
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>
> This contest entry absolutely demolished the competition--there's probably
> an interesting visual rhetoric discussion to be had here too.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Rowan
>
> Robert M. Rowan, PhD
> Lecturer, Department of English
> Case Western Reserve University
> rmrowan at xmission.com or rmr122 at case.edu
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