When evaluating a speech, one should consider two sets of constraints imposed on the speaker by the __________.
A. title and the thesis of the speech
B. immediate audience and the instructor
C. rhetorical situation and the speaker's purpose
D. thesis and the main ideas
Answer: C
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In your text book, the term gender refers to ______.
A. biological differences between females and males B. culturally constructed images of men and women as masculine or feminine C. the degree to which individuals are androgynous D. the combination of sexual and personal identity
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Group communication involves an unequal number of senders and receivers. 2. Mass communication and the mass media are really the same thing. 3. The SMCR model is also known as the transmission model. 4. According to media scholar James Potter, media messages have consistent meanings to all receivers. 5. Different media channels can give messages different meanings.
Selective listening is the act of pretending to listen
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
While visiting her parents on a break from school, Deena doesn't pay attention to much of what they say. She lets much of their communication just come in one ear and out the other without her ever listening. However, when her mother mentions going shopping to get some new clothes and good novels for Deena to take back to school, Deena listens attentively. This is an example of
A) defensive listening. B) prejudgment. C) selective listening. D) mindless listening. E) pseudolistening.