Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Communication Studies : Public Speaking
Midterm : Ch.2
26
Communication
Undergraduate 2
03/21/2011

Additional Communication Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
forensic speech
Definition
  • occurred in law courts
  • dealth with the past
  • addressed matters of the just and unjust
Term
deliberative speech
Definition
  • occurred in the assembly
  • dealth with the future
  • addressed matters of expedient & inexpedient
Term
epideictic speech
Definition
  • occurred at ceremonial events
  • dealt with the present
  • addressed matters of praise & blame
Term
decentralization
Definition
centers are infinite and everywhere because of telecommuting and online communication
Term
implosion
Definition
the ability to make close what seems far away
Term
mosaic form
Definition
not a linear progression like a book; but many different messages in juxtaposition allowing the reader to jump around
Term
icon
Definition
visual symbol that synthesizes many different meanings & presents them to a reader as a unified experience; summing up a whole event in a single image
Term
immersion
Definition
being involved in everything that happens everywhere; absorption
Term
feedback
Definition
the return messages that are consantly being sent by the other people involved in the communcation process
Term
tactile
Definition
a shared experienc from oral communication that involvesĀ  interplay of the senses
Term
written speech
Definition

primary media of a literate culture that privelages:

  • sequential ordering of parts
  • a specific point of view
  • an explicit logical progression
  • a complex arrangement of information
  • a spirit of objecive detachment
Term
online communication
Definition
text, image, audio, and video messages sent and received by individuals on computer-aided technologies but capable of being received simultaneously by an infinite number of users and also being recalled by those users at any time
Term
public speaking
Definition
words spoken with a shared space that includes both the words and the total environment in which they are uttered
Term
mass communication
Definition
disseminates a message that is received in a different environment than that in which it was produced
Term
public speech
Definition
oral communication delivered by an individual to a public audience gathered in a shared physical environment to listen collectively and respond to that message in the present
Term
genre
Definition
coherent and recognized arrangement of elements in a composition or dicourse that is appropriate to certain occasions; creates audience expectations that constrain and guide a speech's content, style & delivery
Term
persuasion
Definition
a function of all speeches
Term
speeches of introduction
Definition
  • disclose personal facts
  • narrative form
  • to establish a productive and positive future relationship with an audience
Term
speeches of identification
Definition
  • invite diverse members of an audience
  • share a common identity to act as a unified group with common interests and values
Term
speeches of deliberation
Definition
  • diverse group of speakers
  • address a common topic
  • to develop a suitable judgment on a matter by comparing different perspectives
Term
speeches of solicitation
Definition
  • persuade a reluctant but deliberative audience
  • to adopt some policy, object, process, or attitude
  • based on perceived rightness or utility of the subject matter
Term
speeches of commemoration
Definition
  • make moral judgements/attribute values to particular people, objects or events important to the audience
  • alters or reinforces long-term attitudes
Term
speeches of enrichment
Definition
  • entertaining instruction about objects, events, processes, or concepts
  • consistent with preexisting interests of audience
  • promise to benefit audience lives in some way
Term
interests
Definition

things that:

  • people enjoy doing
  • people want to know
  • people desire to attain
Term
speeches of administration
Definition
  • delivered by group/institution officials
  • mandatory audience
  • justify policy decisions & improve procedures & communication structures of an organization
Term
speeches of advocacy
Definition
  • generally sympathetic audiences
  • explicitly persuasive techniques
  • challenge and change beliefs, attitudes and values of a larger, spectator public
Supporting users have an ad free experience!