Persuasive Speech Assignment Prompt: Prepare a persuasive speech in which you seek to change the attitudes, values, or behaviors/actions of your audience. Ensure that what you want your audience to do or believe is clear: are you trying to change their thoughts? Their actions? Review the difference between fact, value, and policy claims.
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How do the course readings and the additional articles help you make sense of both the story and Health Communication even more?
Health Communication Construct a personal narrative about an experience that you have had where social support made a difference. Because social support is such an important Health Communication concept, explore this idea a bit further. In addition to using your course readings, find 2 outside peer-reviewed journal articles from the following sources: The Journal of […]
What are some things you would do (concepts that you would apply) to best communicate your own ideas, wants, and needs with a person from this particular culture?
The Assignment First, review the concepts you have learned about Interpersonal Communication in Chapters 1 through 9 in the Wood (2020) textbook including: Identity, Perceptions, Verbal/Non-Verbal Communication, Mindful Listening, Managing Emotions, Communication Climate, and Managing Conflict. Now, choose a particular culture whose members tend to communicate very differently from members of your culture. You can […]
What are some things you would do (concepts that you would apply) to better understand and honor your friend’s ideas, wants, and needs?
The world around us continues to grow and change. In order to communicate with diverse people from different cultures in the expanding global environment, we need to understand and deal with our own perceptions and sense of self, and understand and deal with the perspectives, values, and practices of people from other cultures. Friendship is […]
Identify the purpose of the research and describe the claims and conclusions the author(s) make(s).
Write a short paper, 300-500 words in length, in which you: Summarize the article BRIEFLY. (1 paragraph) Identify the purpose of the research and describe the claims and conclusions the author(s) make(s). (1 paragraph) Describe the results of the research and how they conducted it. Do the results support the author(s) claims? (1 paragraph) How […]
How did this experience make you feel-Why do you think it made you feel this way?
Think of something you have experienced in the media that challenged your version of truth. Perhaps a senator made a statement that made you angry, or a newspaper opinion piece said something inflammatory about a group of people you associate with. How did this experience make you feel? Why do you think it made you […]
How has technology affected the way this organization presents itself?
Search online and find a website for an organization that has a campaign promoting a core issue that interests you (for example: The Red Cross and need for blood donations. NOTE: You may not use the example assignment just named here.). Start your essay with a short overview of the organization and the issue (just […]
Identify and explain the rhetorical elements and cognate strategies that contribute to good writing
Define communication and describe communication as a process. Identify and describe the eight essential components of communication. Identify and describe two models of communication Discuss and provide two examples of each of the two main responsibilities of a business communicator Describe the factors that contribute to self-concept. Describe how the self-fulfilling prophecy works Describe the […]
How would you recommend tackling those obstacles or constraints?
A young man has been stabbed and his hospitalised. He is 16 yrs old and lives with his grandmother in a less than desirable neighborhood. Write a report for you supervisor using the socio cutural perspective and the lens of the social determinants of health about his life situaltion leading up to the stabbing You […]
What happens when the media becomes gatekeepers of information?
Book censorship communication When, if ever, is book censorship justified? Use examples to explain and defend your answer. Make sure you read Chapter 3 “Books” especially “Controversies” before answering. Read up on the recent Dr. Seuss books that were banned. How do you feel about that? Was it a good idea or not? Explain your […]
