Describe why collecting data through questionnaires or surveys are common and popular in communication research.
What will be an ideal response?
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Margarite is giving a presentation on listening skills to a group of people who work for a large
corporation. She plans a presentation that revolves around activities that they can participate in and relates these activities to situations they encounter everyday at work. Margarite is using which of the following to make her presentation memorable? A) building in redundancy B) using adult learning principles C) reinforcing key ideas verbally D) reinforcing key ideas nonverbally
Brianna interrupts the instructor frequently with irrelevant questions and lengthy comments. Her interruptions are preventing the instructor from progressing through the course material. Brianna's behavior is an example of
A) decoding. B) interference. C) feedforward. D) nonverbal encoding. E) an unusual channel.
Eric wanted to use an excerpt from a Nightline episode, as both an audio/visual aid and a source for his speech. However, one of the guests on the show presented a viewpoint that discredited the premise of Eric's speech
Eric decided he better edit this guest out of the clip before he used it. Was this an ethical use of evidence? a. Yes; this kind of "sound biting" goes on all the time and is completely ethical. b. No; in order to use evidence ethically it is important to present the audience with all the information that will help them reach a sound decision. c. Yes; this technique is ethical because the speaker has the audience's best interest at heart. d. No; by editing the show, Eric is plagiarizing Nightline—a serious ethical violation.
Discussion questions which advocate a change from the status quo are generally __________
A. questions of value B. questions of policy C. questions of fact D. questions of application E. questions of synthesis