COMMUNICATION STUDIES 151/L HONORS
HYPERNEWS QUESTIONS
Question #1
The Web has many sources about
public speaking, e.g. speech anxiety,
motivational speaking, speaking as
a career. Find an article on
the Web that deals with public speaking;
post it or summarize
it, citing the source and write your reaction to the
article.
Others may also wish to comment on your article.
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Question #2
Think
of a situation in which you sought to understand the message
of, or to
convey your own message to, someone from a different
culture. The
situation might have involved interpersonal communication,
public
speaking or a mass media message such as a film or television
program.
Write a brief analysis in which you explain 1) the participants
in the
communication situation; 2) the message that was meant
to be
communicated; 3.) the difficulty you had communicating -
or understanding
the message; 4. the outcome of the situation.
What does your example
reveal about the complexity of communicating
with people of different
cultural backgrounds?
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Question #3
Find
two World Wide Web documents on the topic of your next speech
and note
the addresses. Print out or take notes on the sources
and assess both
documents in light of the criteria discussed on
pp. 148-49 in your text
for evaluating Web documents. Be specific.
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