Explain how background authority would influence your expectations about a speaker that your professor invites to class.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should demonstrate understanding that audiences hold preconceived notions about
the type of person that would speak in a particular type of forum. Answers may also note how
the perceptions students have of their professor would influence notions about the type of person
he or she might invite.
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When Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth offered sponsorships to lobbyists to underwrite an exclusive “salon” at her home, which ethical principle was breached?
a. truthfulness b. fairness c. responsibility d. conflict of interest
Focusing on interests, not positions, means to
a. seek out underlying goals to generate solutions. b. avoid bringing up topics that might be too painful. c. try to anticipate what the other person might want. d. use compromise strategies so that everyone gets some of what they want.
What is symbolic convergence? Explain the two elements that lead to symbolic convergence.
What will be an ideal response?
Situational audience analyses seek information about listeners that relate directly to the speaker's topic and purpose
Indicate whether the statement is true or false