Over-Speculation

Developing an accurate definition for the word privacy that applies to everyone could easily be described as a tedious task. A brief overview of the subject suggests that many consumers are being profiled into databases that will enable internet advertising moguls “to give you only the news you want” (Cobb 439). This speculation proves to be reasonable, judging by the fact that it is already occurring. The conflict lies in the further speculations of these advertising …

…If an author can not gain a reader’s trust, then the audience is skeptical about the credibility of the speculation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Cobb, Russ. “Point: Internet Target Marketing Threatens Consume Privacy.” Lunsford et al. 438-40. Lunsford, Andrea A. et al, ed. Everything’s an Argument With Readings. 2nd ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001. Wynar, Roahn. “Counterpoint: Paranoid Privacy Hawks Don’t Realize How Good They’ve Got It.” Lunsford et al. 438-40.