Cluster of My Controversy

In this post, I will describe the thoughts and organization behind the cluster for the controversy of the proper addiction model to use. You can view the cluster below, which was made with Coggle.

In this cluster, the two main branches represent the two sides of this controversy, those who support addiction as a disease (or the Brain Disease Model of Addiction) and those who don't. From those branches, it leads to three key points: the ideology and values of that group, the main speakers for that group and what the group overall says publicly. Attached to the main speakers, however, I have described how they speak or write, grouping them by social media, general interviews and scholarly texts that they have written or proposed.

Reflection:
Both of the posts that I viewed used Coggle as well, which I think is a very good way to create a cluster because it is organized and has many features. First, I looked at Rose's cluster. My first thought was about how complicated and intricate her cluster was. However, I realized that she had planned very well and had clearly done the research. So, I feel that the complexity was a good thing because it organized her thoughts very well. Next, I looked at Mark's post, which I feel was also organized very well. I was surprised that he could include two debates and organize them so well. Both posts gave me ideas for how to better organize my thoughts and inspired me to continue my research to truly understand my controversy.