Cluster of My Controversy

Controversies that exist on such a public scale have countless layers of arguments, supporters, and evidence that can be hard to organize. This blog post includes my attempt at making a cluster map of the fracking controversy using Coggle.

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Creating this cluster was difficult for me as I'm not very tech savvy, but Coggle made it pretty simple.

First, I separated the two sides of the argument where I then mentioned their major supporters and where/how they have promoted their ideals. The most important aspect of a controversy are both sides' main points, so I made branches for each argument and elaborated a bit so their meaning in the fracking debate is clear.


Reflection: After seeing Nick and Mika's cluster maps, I realized that I could have put more detail into the branches in my own cluster. Nick's map was different because it separated branches based on pieces of evidence and then connected it to the argument, so that mad me rethink how a mind map could be organized. Mika's map was made through Coggle like mine, however his also included quotes and elaborated pieces of evidence on each branch. I like that my cluster map was organized so I know what each branch is leading to, however I know now that I could have put a little more effort in elaborating on each main point so I could use it later in the final project of this research on fracking. I learned that mind mapping can be very useful in outlining an idea so more effort should be put into explanations on each branch so less work needs to be done when making the final writing product.