I began by analyzing what different
peoples’ perspectives would be about what type of speech Storage Wars was
partaking in. One side of the argument
states that since the television show is an expressive work of art, it is
covered under the First Amendment. The
other side of the argument says that due to the large monetary gains made by
A&E, the show is considered commercial speech and therefore much adhere to
the same rules that businesses are held to.
If one believes that the show is considered expressive free speech, the
path is very simple for them. Their only
option from there is that the show is not guilty of fraud. However, if one believes that this is
commercial speech than there are many more options. If one does believe this is commercial speech,
then I believe there is no other option than to believe that “salting” these
lockers with items to artificially inflate the bidding prices of these storage
units is fraud and false advertising due to the fact that they market these
bins as being completely random. From
there, it basically comes down to if you support David Hester. Some believe that he did a good deed by
revealing this fraud and that he deserves to receive the money he is suing
for. Others support him because they
feel he did something good and are rather indifferent about the money
situation. Others are happy that the
fraud has been revealed but do not believe Hester deserves anything because he
was a part of the fraud for a while. It
wasn’t until his termination from A&E that he decided to reveal the
scandal.
In
making this map, I tried to think about this situation from all different
perspectives. Although I have already
formulated my own opinion, I did not let that jade my possible outcomes for the
map. I believe this is an accurate
portrayal of the thought process that would be taken to decide one’s position
of the Storage Wars Scandal.
You have a good method for constructing your stakeholder's map. I do think though that you should try and find some more points, the points listed in the map are good, but is it enough to write an essay out of? Other than that it looks good!
ReplyDeleteI think this actually has some really good types of stakeholders. I like how you sort of show the magnitude of care that the different positions have. I have an easy time understanding the motivations of the different positions. Its a very good map but I think you could add more on the side against David Hester besides he fact that it is a work of art. One point could be that David Hester continued to make appearances on the show for three seasons and only said something after he was fired thus thwarting his credibility.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck
Your map shows different sides of the Storage Wars argument in a logical, linear flowchart form. It does a good job showing the possible different arguments for and against Hester's lawsuit against Storage Wars. For example, it accurately displays people who don't think Storage Wars is fraudulent, to people who completely agree with Hester's lawsuit, and people who agree more moderately. One thing that can be done is to separate the sides of the argument as being for or against the argument in a more clear manner, e.g. they could be on opposing sides, and labeled as "For" and "Against". Otherwise, it seems to be a pretty solid map. You identify pretty much all of the different arguments for this issue. You also have some reasoning as to what exactly separates them from other groups that have similar but not identical beliefs. Overall, your map, along with the stakeholders you identified will help you write a great essay.
ReplyDeleteFor an example, you can check out my map, which shows I set up to show who's on which side of the argument:
http://i.imgur.com/GGNIXwE.png