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Name: Lou Cook Course: UNV-104 Date: 1/20/2020 Instructor: Megan Castles

Expository Essay: Outline Directions: 1. Please review your Topic 3 readings and the “Planning and Getting Started” section of “The Writing Process” media piece. 2. Fill in the outline and references sections below. Use a minimum of three peer reviewed resources to support your subtopics (one resource per supporting paragraph). Make sure to use complete sentences when completing the outline.

Expository Essay Topic: Three ways technology can impact communication Essay Title: I. Introduction: (Begin with a hook sentence to capture your audience’s attention, then provide a brief background of the topic and end with your thesis statement.) a. Hook: With the touch of a button, you can instantly have an impact on someone’s life or many lives near and far. b. Additional background information: Technology has advanced and brought with it so many changes over the last 30 years it can be aggravating for some to keep up. Generations young and old can have access to the devices but not all are in a rush to do so.

c. Mapped Thesis statement (review Topic 3 DQ1 for feedback from instructor): Three ways technology impact communication is having effective innovation peer-to-peer communication, along with technological improvements to help older adults, and communication breakthroughs happening in Australia to help fight obesity.

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Support Supporting Point #1 (subtopic 1): ______Innovation in peer-to-peer communication______________ a. Topic sentence for this first sub-topic: With most people in India having cell phones, the government has taken the extraordinary

step in making sure everyone receives important information and updated when it comes to COVID-19. b. Two to three paraphrased supporting details from your research with in-text citations  Supporting paraphrase 1: Many factors are involved when it comes to making sure there is effective communication getting information out to the people. (Reddy, Gupta, 2020)

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Supporting paraphrase 2: Having a huge presence on multiple websites and applications makes it easier to spread pandemic information. (Reddy, Gupta, 20200

Supporting Point #2 (subtopic 2): _____technological improvements_______________ a. Topic sentence for this second sub-topic: For older adults learning to use technology it has become daunting and with resistance

with fears and training being a couple of reasons. b. Two to three paraphrased supporting details from your research with in-text citations  Supporting paraphrase 1: A shortage of training is one obstacle that faces older adults in learning to use the latest technology. (Arthanat, et al, 2019)

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Supporting paraphrase 2: The fear among older adults ranges from personal safety to using digital apps and devices will lead to someone stealing your information. (Arthanat, 2020)

Supporting Point #3 (subtopic 3): ___Communication breakthroughs_________________ a. Topic sentence for this third sub-topic: Australia has taken a pro-active approach to obesity and school aged children by

implementing a platform for parents to use for suggesting in sending healthy food in their kids’ lunchbox each day.

b. Two to three paraphrased supporting details from your research with in-text citations  Supporting paraphrase 1: Most food brought to school by children contained more than the recommended daily allowance of calories and hardly any nutritional value. (Reynolds, et al, 2019)

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Supporting paraphrase 2: With the availability of apps for parents to use to access information, it makes it easier to see what options they have. (Reynolds, et at, 2019)

Conclusion: (Paraphrase your thesis statement, summarize main points, and make final remarks.) a. Paraphrase thesis statement: With the ever-changing advancements in technology, the way we communicate with one another is

changing, sometimes daily. Whether it applies to helping spread information during a pandemic, helping an older generation learn new skills to apply, to having parents and children fight obesity, communicating through technology is here to stay and will always have some sort of impact on our lives.

b. Summarize main points: A big presence across social media platforms is helping India keep its population safe and healthy by using technology to spread information amid a pandemic. Teaching senior citizens to not only accept new technology but also have them feel safe while doing it is a big challenge and one that will take some time. While obesity is a worldwide problem, Australia has tried a new program that parents can access via an app that allows them to make healthy choices of food to send with their kids for lunch.

References Organize all references you will use in the essay and list them in the space below in alphabetical order based on author’s last name. Be sure the reference page is double-spaced and formatted to have hanging indents by ½ an inch, with the first line hanging and all others indented. See the APA Style Guide located in the Writing Center of the GCU Student Success Center website for help with formatting references and citations. Within the essay, this reference page will be on its own page at the bottom of your essay.

Reynolds, R., Sutherland, R., Nathan, N., Janssen, L., Lecathelinais, C., Reilly, K., Walton, A., & Wolfenden, L. (2019). Feasibility and principal acceptability of school-based mobile communication applications to disseminate healthy lunchbox messages to parents. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 30(1), 108–113 Arthanat, S., Vroman, K. G., Lysack, C., & Grizzetti, J. (2019). Multi-stakeholder perspectives on information communication technology training for older adults: implications for teaching and learning. Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 14(5), 453–461. Reddy, B., & Gupta, A. (2020). Importance of effective communication during COVID-19 infodemic. Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, 9(8), 3793–3796. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_719_20...