Blog #9
Prompt:
Essentially, Dan Ariely makes the argument that our choices are not our own; the form of the question influences the answer we believe we create. How can you relate this to the theme of this course? What are the everyday implications of such an argument? Can language really be so powerful?

Response:
This very idea can relate to specific topics of the podcast that we are working on right now. For example, if one of the topics was how we present ourselves on a social media website, we would analyze how someone might present themselves differently on each different site. We aren't necessarily making this decision consciously, but on how we want to be perceived on each of those sites based on who our friends and followers are. The every day implications can be that we are influenced all the time by what is happening around us. Language can be so powerful because it impacts the way that people think and behave.