聴講している講義の課題で標記、persuasive speechという
のをやりました。なんでもいいので根拠を示しつつ、 聴衆を説得することを目的とした7分以内のスピーチです。 管理人はまだ日本の報道でも熱が続いている 「あるある捏造問題」にトライしました。 稚拙な英語ですが記録も兼ねているので晒しておきます。 （ミスが多々在ると思うのですが、お気づきの方ご教示 ください） メルボルン在住の小児ICU医、南十字星☆さん からNatureにまで「あるある問題」が取り上げられた ことを教えていただきました。多謝！！ 末尾の参考資料にＵＲＬ貼ってあるので興味ある方は ご覧ください。ふう。
調査に当たっては、学術文献レベルのリサーチが課され、
学部生の皆は慣れない子もいるのか、20名中3，4人が棄権 するという結果でした（単位どうするんだろう？）。 管理人は調べて書くのが日常なので苦ではありません でしたが、結局時間切れもあって納得のいく解にたどり 着かず、結論としてはごまかして終わりでした。 自分としてはここから考え始める、くらいの基礎資料 作りになりましたが、英語で発表する場をもらえたのは ありがたかったです。こればっかりは場数踏むしかない ですね。 発表にあたってはドレスコードが課され、場に相応しい 服装や態度が細かく指導されました。原稿を読むとＣ しかつかないそうで、しゃべっているうちの90%の時間を 聴衆とのアイコンタクトに使えとのお達しでした。 間の取り方、ユーモアの入れ方、身振り手振り、 上手な子が数名いて、とても勉強になりました。 管理人のスピーチも、こっちの人は概ね褒め上手なので 面白がってもらえましたが、自分としては まだまだスタートラインという感じですね。 精進します。 以下原稿です。本番ではちょっと変えましたが、参考まで。 ------------------------------------------ COMM 322 Persuasive Speech Fri, March 2nd, 2007 Taka Beppu Speech topic: How to prevent using fabricated evidence on popular TV programs. 1. Introduction Are you credulous or not for scientific information in TV entertainment? Last year, Brainiac: Science Abuse, a popular UK science series, admitted that in an episode claiming to show a bathtub of water being blown up by alkali metals, like caesium [si':ziэm] and rubidium [ru(:)bi'diэm], explosives were used instead. (FYI: You can watch this video on You Tube by the title of “Brainiac alkali metals”) Sky One, the channel that broadcast the series, released a statement saying that although it consulted with scientists when planning stunts, its priority in executing them was entertainment. “If you’re expecting to see the Open University, you’re on the wrong channel!” it said. Is it truly just only the problem of audience‘s choice? Very famous and authoritative academic journal, Nature, also covered this topic, as an example of Britain, but more serious example has happened in Japan. Nature covered this news as “Japanese TV show admits faking science”. In Japan, very famous TV show “Aru Aru Daijiten”, roughly translates as "Excavation: an encyclopedia of facts", was canceled suddenly and the broadcasting company lost their syndicated rights this January because of their fabricated data about diet using "natto" in their show. Natto is fermented soybeans, very popular Japanese healthy food. Please try in Sushi restaurant. This news proved they’re chronic fabricator of medical and scientific evidence introduced in their program. For example, they often had used Japanese dubbing to put false words into the mouth of foreign researcher, or they cooked-up fake evidence data of Natto’s diet effects and footages which are convenient for their catchy story. 2. Ill “Aru Aru Daijiten” have been one of the most popular TV entertainment program in Japan during this 10 years. It often aired about health-related topic like healthy food or effective diet solutions. After the broadcasting, many people are rushing to supermarkets to buy that food. This time, Natto has sold out at many stores, so many Natto traders increased production and got serious damage by huge refund of Natto from their consumer who knows this fabrication. Audience and market confused by the fabricated TV show. Although many scientist, or medical doctors have cautioned about this show’s incorrectness and risks for long time, the program never changed till this scandal. 3. Blame TV media or video media (like YouTube) has a huge influence for general citizens. To get more and more audience ratings, TV producers and writers look for and try to make more and more interesting, exciting, extreme kinds of programming. I think it’s not the issue in itself. I also love U.S. TV entertainment and drama. The issue is, if they cross a red line and fabricate on purpose to make a “good story”, audience suffering from wrong evidence or scientifically misleading. Not only from the view of mass media’s moral or compliance, but also the view of public health, to prevent misleading and disseminating of misunderstanding is very important. 4. Cure How can we stop producing fabricated information of TV program? The disclosures of “Aruaru Daijiten” are shaking public and researcher’s confidence in the TV media in Japan. I think this problem has both side, not only sender, but also receiver. Former TV-side problem is occurred from structural problem of TV media in Japan. Some journalist point the problem of Japanese TV network is that market mechanism between network media and production companies isn’t functioning because Japanese subcontractors of production have been controlled by network media financially. Because of their control, production companies feel less responsibility for their own products or too much pressure from controlling company give a helping hand for fabrication. On the contrary, in the U.S., there were legal remedies like Fin-Syn rules and The Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implemented the Fin-Syn rules in 1970, attempting to increase programming diversity and limit the market control of the three broadcast television networks. And they eliminated it in 1995. PTAR was also instituted by FCC to restrict the amount of network programming that local television stations owned by or affiliated with a network may air during the evening. And these rules worked well to promote compliance and sound market mechanism. So, I believe that legal change for criminal punishment like Fin-Syn rules or PTAR may be one of the solutions in Japan. 5. Cost Latter audience-side problem is occurred from lack of media literacy. Main audience of “Aruaru Daijiten” is mainly young and middle aged women, are easy-effected and credulous people, some critics said. I agree with the opinion that they could have more media literacy and critical thinking skill in daily life. I know it’s not easy to use TV information wisely for us, but we have to be to defend ourselves from these fabrications. To that end, in Japan, I can propose to make media literacy curriculum compulsory in Japanese public education with the support of national budget and TV network. In conclusion, I believe that legal changes, promotion of compliance, and media literacy education will support to prevent using fabricated data on popular TV program in Japan. The author of Nature’s news said it’s not a problem unique to Japan. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any good example in the U.S., but how do you think in the U.S.? Sources: News and blogs about this topic; http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070205a6.html http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/2007/01/one-update-and.html http://valeny.exblog.jp/4400690/ http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070128/kyodo/d8mu4ap00.html Brainiac alkali metals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk0lYB_8c0&mode=related&search= David Cyranoski(2007) Japanese TV show admits faking science. NATURE, Vol. 445, 22 February 2007 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v445/n7130/full/445804a.html Blogs about this article; http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=japanese_tv_show_admits_faking_science&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Fin-Syn Rules; http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/financialint/financialint.htm PRIME TIME ACCESS RULE http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/P/htmlP/primetimeac/primetimeac.htm  |
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べっちゃん、すごいな。オレここまでの英語力ないわ。感動。
学会シンポジウム出席のため、駆け足で、神戸→東京→静岡を廻りました。バスケ部のみんなにも会ったので、また写真送ります。
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南十字星☆さま コメントありがとう。
講演行脚お疲れ様。短時間でまわるのは 充実しているけど大変だよね。 英語に関してはお褒め頂いて嬉しいけど、 先生にかなり直してもらったし、日常の 英語力もまだまだですわ。一生かけて勉強、 という覚悟がやっと最近出来たよ。 同期会楽しかったみたいね。 何よりでした。写真楽しみにしております。 |
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