Perspectives on contemporary issues
Subtitle: readings across the disciplines
By: Katherine Anne Ackley, Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
Edition: Seventh edition.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Stamford, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9781285425849
Subjects: College readers; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Problems, exercises; English language; Rhetoric; Academic writing; Current events; Readers
Description: "PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, 7th Edition, approaches learning as the interconnectedness of ideas and disciplinary perspectives. This cross-disciplinary reader encourages critical thinking and academic writing by presenting students with a variety of perspectives on current issues across the curriculum. Contemporary issues engage students, while the thematically grouped readings provide thought-provoking material for in-class discussion and writing topics. This edition features more than 30 new readings, almost all of them published recently and including a number of longer selections; an expanded chapter on the writing process, with a stress on the distinction between writing and editing; an increased number of paired readings that express differing views on the same subject; new full-color visuals in the "Responding to Visuals" sections; and more." -- Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Writing  critically and conducting research. 1. Reading critically; title: 2. The writing process; title: 3. Writing a summary; title: 4. Writing a critique; title: 5. Writing an argument; title: 6. Writing a synthesis and documenting sources; title: 7. Writing a research paper; title: Part II: Popular culture, media studies, and the arts. 8. Popular culture; title: 9. Media studies; title: 10. Film and television; title: 11. The arts; title: Part III: Social and behavioral Sciences 12. Education; title: 13. Poverty and homelessness; title: 14. Gender and sex roles; title: 15. Race and ethnicity in America; title: 16. International relations Part IV: Science and Technology.  17. Social media; title: 18. Bioethics; title: 19. Environmental studies; title: Part V: Business and economics. 20. Marketing and the American consumer; title: 21. The workplace; title: 22. American business in the global marketplace.