Explain the origins of Communication Studies and Aristotle’s influence on it.

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Answers may vary. The origins of communication began in ancient times in Greece and Rome. Aristotle, with his book, Rhetoric helped to begin communication studies. He said that people should be able to persuade others. He also felt that people should use logic, evidence, and emotion and think about the audience they were speaking to. The government thought that all people should have communication skills. They could use those skills in travel, and court.

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If you are soon graduating and seeking career employment in public relations, you should

A) consider government employment; it is a growing sector. B) not consider government employment; it is a shrinking sector. C) pursue a career in lobbying; it is the most rewarding. D) first spend three to five years as a journalist. E) start with agency work, then pursue government work.

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You find your professor's explanation very confusing. In order to clarify what he says, it's best to:

A. Forget it and hope you can find it in a book B. Ask him a list of questions and hope one of them gets a clear answer C. Ask him to give you a specific example D. All of the above E. None of the above

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Speakers regulate the conversation through which two major types of speaker cues?

A) conversational management and conversational turns B) turn-maintaining cues and turn-yielding cues C) turn-requesting cues and turn-denying cues D) turn-yielding cues and backchanneling cues

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For each situation, determine which unit-feet, square feet, or cubic feet-would be most suitable. Which unit should be used to measure the distance around the top of a desk?

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