When we want to avoid offending someone with our message, which of the three goals of communication are we focusing on?


Answer: Relational

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Which of the following is not true of public television in the United States?

a. The FCC began liberalizing rules for commercial announcements on public television in 1981. b. A decline in donations by individuals to public television in the past 10 years has led to more need for corporate funding. c. PBS, the Public Broadcasting System, was created to distribute programs when the Johnson administration and foundations added money to the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. d. Federal government support for public broadcasting has increased significantly in recent years.

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Because of his response to the Tylenol tampering incidents in the 1980s, Johnson & Johnson's James E. Burke ________

A) has been hailed as a hero B) has been called a villain C) was forced to resign D) B and C E) won the Nobel Peace Prize

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According to rules theory, romantic partners should acknowledge each other's individual identities and lives beyond the relationship

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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“The Environmental Protection Agency has tried to cut the amount of mandatory recordkeeping it forces companies to perform. As a result, a company that once wrote and submitted almost 1 million pages of environmental records to the EPA now sends less

than 1,000 pages.” This is an example of reasoning from: a) enthymeme. b) testimony. c) sign. d) example.

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