Some people overestimate and other people underestimate the effect the mass media have on them. These are examples of faulty uses of:

a. deduction
b. induction
c. analysis
d. grouping


a. deduction

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How can speakers use language to increase audience understanding? Be sure to describe at least three specific strategies in your response.

What will be an ideal response?

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Public officials and public figures are generally afforded less protection under both privacy and defamation law

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which type of presentation is a formal event at which the speaker uses visual aids to give the presentation?

a) Sales presentatio b) Proposal c) Motivational session d) Crisis situation

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All of the following are specific purposes for which communicators might believe that intentional ambiguity is ethically justified EXCEPT ________

a. to increase receiver comprehension b. to allow flexibility in interpretation of legal concepts c. to promote maximum receiver psychological participation in the communication transaction by letting receivers create their own relevant meanings d. to heighten receiver attention through puzzlement

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