Writing Homework Help

Read the following essays:

Karl Wallace, “An Ethical Basis for Communication” (1955)

Richard Johannesen, “An Ethical Assessment of the Reagan Rhetoric” (1985)

Karl Wallace offered the first major statement on the topic in his 1955 essay which continues to be an important starting point for discussing ethics and communciation. Wallace dismissed the view that one could teach communication without addressing ethics. Johannesen (1985) confronted the question of how to assess Ronald Reagan’s rhetoric from an ethical perspective.

Answer the following questions (200 to 300 words each).

1. What motviated Wallace to write his essay? What concerns expressed by Wallace remain valid in 2021? Are there concerns in his essay that are no longer relevant?

2. What motivated Johannesen to write the attached essay about Ronald Reagan? What might Johannesen say about political communication in 2021?

3. What is the primary takeway for you as a CST major in reading Wallace’s essay almost seventy years after it was written? What is the primary takeway for you as a CST major in reading Johannesen’s essay almolst forty years after it was written?