Ethnocentrism is a belief based on generalizations about a group of people that oversimplify their characteristics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Pat has spent weeks preparing for the dance recital. On the opening night, Pat tells everyone “I twisted my ankle and might not be able to dance tonight.” Pat is nervous and afraid of a potentially poor performance. Pat just used ______ as a method of preventive facework.
A. disclaiming B. going off-record C. verbal handicapping D. cognitive repairing
There was a major labor dispute between the management and factory workers of an aluminum manufacturing company. The public relations department quickly decided to publicize the issue to gain coverage for the company
Which traditional value of news did the PR department use? a. Conflict b. Significance c. Unusualness d. Newness
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When reporting on a speech, meeting, or news conference, you should enter the event with as little information as possible to keep an open mind. 2. You just finished reading a story about a recent speech by a local political candidate, and you notice that the politician’s name is misspelled. The most likely reason for this is that the writer is biased against the speaker and intentionally misspelled the name. 3. You have written a story and your spell-checking software found no errors in it. The story is now ready for publication. 4. To avoid misspelling the name of a speaker, it is most important to ensure that the name is spelled the same way throughout your story. 5. Every instance of proper nouns should be checked against source documents.
You are more persuasive when you present well-known, popular arguments.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)