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Podcast Reflection (Last Post)

How did switching genres from academic paper to podcast allow you to think in a different way about the subject of your paper?  How did it allow you to use language differently? I think that switching from the paper to podcast as not a huge adjustment for me. The way that I write easily translate …

Podcast Plan

I plan on revising the introduction to the paper to better introduce the topic of empathy and better understanding others, while also introduce the podcast overall at the very beginning. I also plan to shorten the paper as whole by cutting out unnecessary parts and shortening/revising the conclusion. These are all basically outlined in the …

Planning for Dialogue and Paper 3

For the dialogue, I plan on using the views of Chen and Jamison to develop a discussion between the two. I will compare there situations to see how they better their skill of empathy. I am not sure how I plan to incorporate stage direction and other creative elements, as I want to keep it …

Jamison and Ofri Response

I see many parallels between what Jamison and Ofri think about empathy. I think that they both find that a major component is listening actively. Jamison was able to listen to actively to those with disease and really see and feel all the problems they were faced with. In Ofri’s article, we can see how …

Zaki TED Talk 3/23

In the talk, Zaki, talks about building empathy. I agree that people can build or be more empathaetic, depending on the situation. He also talks about how it is a trait or a skill. I personally think that empathy is a skill, as traits are not necessarily acquired like skills. Since you can be “better” …

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