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Monologue or dialogue - what's the difference?
  A monologue is a voice talking at you; a dialogue is a conversation. Of course, dialogue does not preclude persuasion (argument!) and change. In many ways we live in a society in which, more than in any previous society, people are surrounded by voices telling them what to do - namely adverts. These can be seen as an insidious form of monologue. Sometimes it feels as if there is not much we can do about this, short of defacing the billboards or boycotting commerical television.

The church feels a need to advertise too. Students could devise their own 'Go to Church!!!' Ad campaign. One of them most successful recent models involved paralleling Jesus with Che Guevara. Some accused this campaign of blasphemy - see:
     Web Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_250000/250752.stm
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  Follow up the above exercise by a discussion of the limitations to such a form. Adverts might sell consumer goods, but how many people have ever been converted by such an advertising campaign alone. What are the sorts of thing that are most persuasive and effective in changing people's lives or causing them to have commitment to something?
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