What should listeners keep in mind when technology distracts them from the speaker's message?

A. Speakers must tolerate technology distractions as a normal part of the listening process.
B. Multitasking is acceptable in most listening situations.
C. Listeners have a responsibility to reduce, eliminate or overcome distractions.
D. Technology has little impact on sensory overload.


Answer: C

Communication & Mass Media

You might also like to view...

What is the process of carefully selecting keywords that can be indexed by search engines such as Google?

a. Search engine optimization b. Social platform outreach c. Social media embedding d. Inverted pyramid styling

Communication & Mass Media

What does the speaker accomplish by challenging the audience in the conclusion of the speech?

What will be an ideal response?

Communication & Mass Media

Atira has just returned from spring break and is telling her friend Nida all about her great time. Nida has been very responsive to Atira's story-laughing and nodding-but now has increased her eye contact, raised a finger, and shifted her posture. Nida's nonverbal cues probably indicate that she __________.

A. is upset by Atira's tale B. is faking her listening C. desires to change roles from listener to speaker D. objects to what Atira has just said

Communication & Mass Media

"Since the Pegasus, a wide bodied jetliner with serious design flaws, has a record of crashing more frequently than any other wide bodied commercial jetliner, we are safe in assuming that these crashes are caused by design flaws,"

is an example of argument from sign. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Communication & Mass Media