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    Michael J. Ritter argues that competitive debate does not necessarily lead to social change based on empirical evidence. The article notes that while each component of competitive debate makes it unique, persuasive debate generally requires empirical proof or substantial anecdotal support. However, no academics involved in the debate community have published studies or surveys that support the idea that competitive debate causes social change. The author concludes that without such empirical research, students, judges, and coaches should not assume debate leads to social change.

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    Michael J. Ritter argues that competitive debate does not necessarily lead to social change based on empirical evidence. The article notes that while each component of competitive debate makes it unique, persuasive debate generally requires empirical proof or substantial anecdotal support. However, no academics involved in the debate community have published studies or surveys that support the idea that competitive debate causes social change. The author concludes that without such empirical research, students, judges, and coaches should not assume debate leads to social change.

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    Michael J. Ritter argues that competitive debate does not necessarily lead to social change based on empirical evidence. The article notes that while each component of competitive debate makes it unique, persuasive debate generally requires empirical proof or substantial anecdotal support. However, no academics involved in the debate community have published studies or surveys that support the idea that competitive debate causes social change. The author concludes that without such empirical research, students, judges, and coaches should not assume debate leads to social change.

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    Ritter 13 JD – UTexas Law, B.A. cum laude – Trinity University, (Michael J.

    “OVERCOMING THE FICTION OF ‘SOCIAL


    CHANGE THROUGH DEBATE’: WHAT’S TO LEARN FROM 2PAC’S CHANGES?” National Journal of Speech and Debate, Vol. 2,
    Issue 1)

    Up to this point, this article has shown how each ofthe essential components of “competitive interscholastic debate” makes it
    very different from any other kind of debate. But one thing that is persuasive in any kind of debate is some sort of properly conducted
    study (or even a mere survey) that provides empirical proof or even substantial anecdotal support. To date, none of the many academics who

    coach or participate in the debate community have published a study or survey to support the social change
    fiction. (Perhaps they have tried, and discovered they were just wrong.) But until such an empirical study of competitive interscholastic debate is

    conducted, students, judges, and coaches should not take it for granted.

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