Reflection on objectivity
I decided to write a reflection based on Greta's blog about objectivity.
My favorite quote from Greta's blog is "Articles are written from words and words are by definition emotionally charged and powerful" because it is a crucial point to consider when defining 'objectivity' in writing. Almost every word conveys some idea, as do word combinations and word order. Each person has an opinion about everything, even if it isn't obvious. As a writer writes, he/she includes his/her own voice through word choice and therefore cannot write something completely objective. Maybe an article could be close to being objective if it used bland language, such as "the wall is painted." However, who would want to read such a boring story with a boring voice? So even though an article may be slightly objective (since it is impossible to avoid), at least it has a voice and a more interesting word choice.
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My favorite quote from Greta's blog is "Articles are written from words and words are by definition emotionally charged and powerful" because it is a crucial point to consider when defining 'objectivity' in writing. Almost every word conveys some idea, as do word combinations and word order. Each person has an opinion about everything, even if it isn't obvious. As a writer writes, he/she includes his/her own voice through word choice and therefore cannot write something completely objective. Maybe an article could be close to being objective if it used bland language, such as "the wall is painted." However, who would want to read such a boring story with a boring voice? So even though an article may be slightly objective (since it is impossible to avoid), at least it has a voice and a more interesting word choice.
Course page here.
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I also wrote my blog based on Greta's blog. I took a different approah though. Basically, my final point was that people are going to tear apart your writing no matter what. No matter how hard you strive to be objective, someone, somewhere will find bias points in it. There is no escaping it.
If you want to check out what I wrote, I put the link below:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeanineONeal/2009/11/objectivity_is_impossible_a_re.html