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16 Jul 2017, 06:20
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The following appeared in a memorandum issued by a large city’s council on the arts:
“In a recent citywide poll, 15 percent more residents said that they watch television programs about the visual arts than was the case in a poll conducted five years ago. During these past five years, the number of people visiting our city’s art museums has increased by a similar percentage. Since the corporate funding that supports public television, where most of the visual arts programs appear, is now being threatened with severe cuts, we can expect that attendance at our city’s art museums will also start to decrease. Thus some of the city’s funds for supporting the arts should be reallocated to public television.”
Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc.
The text that appeared in the memorandum issued by the large city’s council on the arts claims that the attendance at the city’s art museums would start to decrease with the increase in budget cuts in the corporate funding that supports public television where most of the visual arts programs appear. This argument is not logically convincing based on multiple reasons.
The argument sounds unpersuasive as makes an unwarranted assumption that the only people that watch television programmes about visual arts are the ones that visit art museums. Furthermore, it is also possible that the increase in the number of people visiting the art museums is due to increase in the art programmes that a university offers at the city. Also, it has been assumed that the people visiting art museums are the ones watching visual art programmes on public televisions. It is also be possible that there are additional sources of watching visual arts programmes such as public seminars or the internet.
The argument could be made more cogent if more information were collected in the poll conducted. For example, a survey could be conducted on the people that visit art museums to find out how they began visiting the art museums. Also, the sources of viewership of visual art programmes could be found out to know if the ones aired on public television are the sole reason for people to visit art museums.
“In a recent citywide poll, 15 percent more residents said that they watch television programs about the visual arts than was the case in a poll conducted five years ago. During these past five years, the number of people visiting our city’s art museums has increased by a similar percentage. Since the corporate funding that supports public television, where most of the visual arts programs appear, is now being threatened with severe cuts, we can expect that attendance at our city’s art museums will also start to decrease. Thus some of the city’s funds for supporting the arts should be reallocated to public television.”
Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc.
The text that appeared in the memorandum issued by the large city’s council on the arts claims that the attendance at the city’s art museums would start to decrease with the increase in budget cuts in the corporate funding that supports public television where most of the visual arts programs appear. This argument is not logically convincing based on multiple reasons.
The argument sounds unpersuasive as makes an unwarranted assumption that the only people that watch television programmes about visual arts are the ones that visit art museums. Furthermore, it is also possible that the increase in the number of people visiting the art museums is due to increase in the art programmes that a university offers at the city. Also, it has been assumed that the people visiting art museums are the ones watching visual art programmes on public televisions. It is also be possible that there are additional sources of watching visual arts programmes such as public seminars or the internet.
The argument could be made more cogent if more information were collected in the poll conducted. For example, a survey could be conducted on the people that visit art museums to find out how they began visiting the art museums. Also, the sources of viewership of visual art programmes could be found out to know if the ones aired on public television are the sole reason for people to visit art museums.
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