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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? • 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? • 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
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
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