The following is taken from a memo from the advertising director of the Super Screen Movie Production Company.
"According to a recent report from our marketing department, during the past year, fewer people attended Super Screen-produced movies than in any other year. And yet the percentage of positive reviews by movie reviewers about specific Super Screen movies actually increased during the past year. Clearly, the contents of these reviews are not reaching enough of our prospective viewers. Thus, the problem lies not with the quality of our movies but with the public's lack of awareness that movies of good quality are available. Super Screen should therefore allocate a greater share of its budget next year to reaching the public through advertising."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
In the given memo, the advertising director of the Super Screen Movie Production Company suggests that the company should allocate a greater share of its budget next year on advertisement in order to increase the number of viewers of their movies. However, the argument is dubious as it relies on many unwarranted assumptions. To evaluate it better, the author should provide adequate evidence according to the questions suggested below.
Firstly, based on the fact that the high percentage of positive movie reviews of specific movies of Super Screen Movie, the author hastily assumes that the qua...
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argument 1 -- OK
argument 2 -- OK
argument 3 -- OK
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