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Why Study Speech Communication?

Why Study Speech Communication?. Why Study Speech Communication?. Speech is a ______________ activity. “There is communication among brute animals in a wide variety of ways, but no conversation.” - Mortimer Adler. distinctly human. Why Study Speech Communication?.

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Why Study Speech Communication?

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  1. Why Study Speech Communication?

  2. Why Study Speech Communication? • Speech is a ______________ activity. “There is communication among brute animals in a wide variety of ways, but no conversation.” - Mortimer Adler distinctly human

  3. Why Study Speech Communication? • We spend __%, __%, or ___% of our time communicating. Textbooks don’t define communication the same. • Some consider only the _______ of messages • Some consider _______ hours only. • Some include __________ of intrapersonal communication. • Some say that one __________ communicate. 61 80 100 sending waking all aspects cannot not

  4. Why Study Speech Communication? • _________ communicates as effectively as we could • Speech is a ___ that needs to be _________. • Effective ______ is essential for effective __________ in our democratic society. Freedom of speech is protected by the ____ amendment. The spoken word of individuals remains a powerful force for ____________. None of us developed skill speech participation first social change

  5. Why Study Speech Communication? • We have more _________, more ______, more destructive ________, more ______, and more ________ than ever before in history. So it is important that we be able to work through our _______ by using effective communication. technology people nations weaponry problems conflicts

  6. Why Do We Communicate?

  7. Six Reasons Why We Communicate • To Promote ____________. • Example: a math teacher giving a lesson on the quadratic equation • To _____________. • Example: Presidential debates help us to choose what candidate we will vote for. Understanding Make Decisions

  8. Six Reasons Why We Communicate • To ______. • Example: the student council president delivers announcements every day to inform students about current school events. • Example: Inform News broadcasts inform viewers of what is happening in their community.

  9. Six Reasons Why We Communicate • To Resolve ________________. • Example: • Example: on a national level, President Bush used press conferences and other media outlets to help resolve the nations fear surrounding the September 11th attack. Conflicts / Problems Students may use email or phone conversations to resolve disagreements

  10. Six Reasons Why We Communicate • To _________________________. • Example: Students hang out with their friends on Friday nights to help meet their social communication needs. • To ________. • Example: presidential campaign ads are used to help persuade voters to pick a certain candidate. Meet social and physical needs Persuade

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