Thinking Through Civic Engagement Extra Credit Through out this unit the uses of Civic Engagement have, become more prevalent through all of the authors. Each author has their opinion on what civic engagement is and what it should be through their texts to give us a better understanding. In the first reading Lost Art of Argument Lasch argues we need vigorous public debate in order to attain knowledge best. Lasch showed how important it is to be engaged and seek knowledge, by public debate, because you are forced to learn information rather than only go by what you know. With debate this causes you and I to defend our arguments and hear the arguments of others and this causes the public to take in this information and apply it rather than just taking it in by going through the motions. …show more content…
Bernay allowed me to see how simple it can be using the right marketing to an audience. He took something as simple as getting more women to smoke and then doing the research that lead him to see how getting women to see cigarettes as “torches of freedom” and that it could show not only men smoke. This was genius and proves how capable you are to change the way of thinking with the use of propaganda. This one step helped women feel liberated by changing the “stereotypes” and tobacco sales increase. The Future of Reputation showed how the internet can be a danger in ways you may not expect. The thought is always there of what can go on the internet, but reading this made me realize how real it is and how it can damage someone’s life. Now with the internet the amount of information we have access to is endless and this can help us be involved in civic engagement by sharing something that can reach millions of people in seconds. With the internet it does help us to stay connected and exchange information we never thought possible, but it can still spread information that is potentially