How does an understanding of the public forum promote civic engagement and effective democracy?
What will be an ideal response?
We understand that speeches affect an audience beyond the immediate listeners. We know that
it is important to participate in the public forum so as to avoid unilateral decision making by leaders. We
learn that democracies weaken when the public forum is not robust and we learn that active participation
in the public forum helps avoid a shift toward autocracy or anarchy.
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The most sophisticated experimental designs include all except
a. manipulation of a variable b. random assignment c. control group d. basic experimental design
Persuasive speeches on questions of fact are usually organized in _____________ order
A. topical B. problem-solution C. comparative advantage D. descriptive
In the context of communication contexts, the _____ is the nature of the relationship that already exists between participants.
a. cultural context b. physical context c. psychological context d. social context
The ________ of your speech are the major subdivisions of the thesis
a. transitions b. main points c. subpoints d. specific and general purposes