Read “The Operator,” an article published in the New Yorker magazine February 4,
2013. The question the article asks is whether Dr. Oz, described in the piece as “the
most trusted doctor in America,” is doing more harm than good.
Your task is to read the article carefully and critically. Analyze the author’s
perspective on Dr. Oz. Pay careful attention to its language and to the ways he
presents information about Dr. Oz—to the selection of details included (and the
way(s) those details are deployed.) Apply what you have learned in the course thus
far. Of particular help should be the work from Hayakawa’s Language in Thought
and Action, especially his distinction among “reports, inferences, and judgments.”
Also of value will be the work you did for the Lesson, Resources, Forum, and
Assignment on “Denotation and Connotation.” You should consider the assumptions
and the evidence used to support the author’s (Michael Specter’s) point of view—his
perspective on Dr. Oz, what he thinks about him and how his perspective is revealed
in different ways in various places in the article.
Provide evidence from the text of the article, including brief quotations to support
whatever conclusions you draw about the author’s characterization of Dr. Oz.Read “The Operator,” an article published in the New Yorker magazine February 4,
2013. The question the article asks is whether Dr. Oz, described in the piece as “the
most trusted doctor in America,” is doing more harm than good.
Your task is to read the article carefully and critically. Analyze the author’s
perspective on Dr. Oz. Pay careful attention to its language and to the ways he
presents information about Dr. Oz—to the selection of details included (and the
way(s) those details are deployed.) Apply what you have learned in the course thus
far. Of particular help should be the work from Hayakawa’s Language in Thought
and Action, especially his distinction among “reports, inferences, and judgments.”
Also of value will be the work you did for the Lesson, Resources, Forum, and
Assignment on “Denotation and Connotation.” You should consider the assumptions
and the evidence used to support the author’s (Michael Specter’s) point of view—his
perspective on Dr. Oz, what he thinks about him and how his perspective is revealed
in different ways in various places in the article.
Provide evidence from the text of the article, including brief quotations to support
whatever conclusions you draw about the author’s characterization of Dr. Oz.
