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  • This house regrets the satirization of crimes and criminal accusations on popular media (e.g. Jeon Cheong Cho fraud case, celebrity drug scandals, Burning Sun case, political scandals)

    IDS KNC 2023 · Round 2 · 2024-11-24

  • This house supports the practice of shaming parents who raise iPad children

    Infoslide

    An iPad kid describes a child who is raised with an overreliance on technological devices (i.e. parents offering screentime to their children as an incentive to perform chores, infant tantrums being resolved with cocomelon videos)

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that the prevalence of Sharenting has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    “Sharenting" is a portmanteau of two elements: "Share" and "Parenting." It refers to the behavior of parents who frequently share extensive information about their children on social media platforms, including but not limited to: their growth process, photos, stories, interests, parenting methods, and academic achievements, among others.

    Vietnam Middle School Debating Championship 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-11-23

  • This house opposes the dominance of the trend of shipping straight male characters as gay in pop culture and media.

    Infoslide

    For the sake of this debate, 'shipping' refers to aggressively advocating two characters or public figures should be together. The ship focuses on re-interpreting their interactions with each other as romantic or sexual. Examples of this include: fan-fiction on Harry & Draco from Harry Potter series; shipping members from K-pop/boy bands together (ex. Harry Styles & Louis Tomlinson); or shipping Tamaki and Kyoya from Ouran High School Host Club.

    Imperial WGM Pro-Am 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-23

  • This house as Brittany W leave Alvin and the band and become a solo artist

    Infoslide

    Alvin and Brittany, along with their friends, have extraordinary singing talents. When they are forced to move to Los Angeles because their house burned down, they get discovered by a small struggling music label owner – Dave. Alvin and Brittany have been dating for 3 years prior and are still in love. Dave forms a band with Alvin as the centre along with Theodore, Simon and Brittany. However, Alvin’s band is failing, they are not making money and Dave’s small record label can barely support them. During a gig at a local cruise ship, Brittany gets scouted by a large record label – Dee’s Big Hits – to be a solo artist. However, the contract also entails a dating ban. Back at home, Dave produces a new track – The Chipmunk Song – that he swears will be THE BREAKTHROUGH.

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that the US should implement the online news act

    Infoslide

    In 2023, Canada passed Bill C-18 or the online news act. This limited the bargaining power of news corporations and “digital news intermediaries” (in this case, social media and television companies) for the purpose of balancing the visibility and power held by major news sources (ie. CBC). As a response to this bill, companies like Meta (including Facebook and Instagram) has removed all Canadian news source accounts from their platforms.

    Tri City Cup Fall 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-11-23

  • This house regrets the rise in gentle parenting

    Infoslide

    Gentle parenting content has been trending on social media recently. Gentle parenting is based on the idea that children are capable and whole beings, and that they should be partners in making choices. Parents that practice gentle parenting rarely say no to their children and often try to redirect their children or encourage them to confront the natural consequences of their actions rather than imposing specific punishments.

    Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-11-22

  • This house believes that true crime media does more harm than good.

    Infoslide

    True crime is a genre that explores real-life crimes, focusing on the events, investigations, and often the psychology behind the perpetrators and victims. It spans various formats, including books, documentaries, podcasts, and TV shows, and is based on actual cases.

    The Earlsfort Open 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-19

  • In liberal democracies, This house would implements the L model for all public broadcasting media.

    Infoslide

    In Italy, the Lottizzazione model (or, for shorter, the L model) states that public broadcasters need to represent political pluralism through explicit affiliation with political parties. For example, the first channel (RAI 1) is associated with the Christian Democrats, the second (RAI 2) is tied with the Secular Parties and so on. Alternative models keep public broadcasters separate from affiliation with political parties to represent political pluralism, such as the BBC model.

    Shanghai Novice Debate Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-16

  • This house prefers a world in which independent publishing is the dominant model, as opposed to traditional publishing

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    In the book publishing industry, traditional publishers are large publishing houses that finance the publication of books in exchange for the rights to the work and a significant percentage of profits. Independent publishers are publishing houses in which authors pay for their own publication, but retain all rights and profits for the text

    Shanghai Novice Debate Open 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-16