Chapter 21, 4,5,6,7 Flashcards
What is online Public Speaking
A form of speaking for an audience that takes place through new media platforms.
What are aspects to consider when online speaking
Purpose, Synchronicity, Asynchronously, Audience,
What is Synchronicty
Experienced by an audience in real-time
Asynchronously
Does not occur with an audience in real time but is recorded and watched at later time.
Explicit Audience
The audience that’s present when a speaker directs their message.
Implied or Implicated Audience
The groups that are either represented and or affected by our message.
Hearing
A physical process in which sound waves hit your ear drums and send a message to your brain.
Listening
An active process where you are specifically making an effort to understand process, and retain information.
Comprehensive or Active Listening
Listening focused on understanding and remembering important information from a public speaking message
Empathic Listening
Understanding the feelings and motivations of another person, usually with a goal of helping.
Appreciative Listening
Takes place while listening to music, poetry, or literature, or watching a play or movie
Critical listening
Evaluating the validity of the arguments and information and deciding whether the speaker is persuasive and whether the message should be accepted
One barrier to effective Listening- Noise
Anything, whether physical or mental, that interrupts the listening process.
One barrier to effective listening- Confirmation Bias
Searching for or interpreting information in a way that confirms one’s preconceptions
One barrier to effective listening- Information Processing
The ability to understand the message being communicated. Our minds can usually process much faster than a speaker can speak clearly. Also known as excess mental capacity.
Intent
Aim or Purpose
Means
The tools or behaviors we employ to achiece a desired outcome
Ends
Outcomes that you desire to achieve
Unethical Use of Info- Plagiarism
Using someone else’s words or idea without giving credit.
What is Audience analysis?
The process of gathering information about the people in your audience so that you can understand their needs, expectations, beliefs, values, attitudes, and likely opinions.
Voluntary Audience
An audience that gathers because they want to hear the speech, attend the event or participate in an event.
Captive Audience
An audience that is required to be present or fee; obligated to do so.
Demographic Information
Gender, Age range, marital status, race, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity of the people in your audience.
Socioeconomic Status
A combination of characteristics including income, wealth, level of education, and occupational prestige.
What to avoid with Demographic Information
Stereotyping, Ethnocentrism
Stereotyping
Generalizing about a group of people and assuming that because a few persons in that group have a characteristic, all of them do.
Ethnocentrism
The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others.
Psychographic Information
Beliefs, attitudes, and values that your audience members embrace.
Beliefs
Statements we hold to be true
Attitudes
A positive or negative response to a person, idea, object, or policy
Values
Goals we strive for and what we consider important and desirable
Frame of Reference
The unique set of perspectives, experience, knowledge, and values belonging to every individual.
Brainstorming
The process and practice of searching to find ideas or information
Exploratory Research
Sorting Information to find broad topics or ideas that youll narrow down later
Personal Inventory
A process of tracking ideas, insights, or topics that you have experience with or interest in
Mind Map
A visual tool that allows you to chart and expand key topic ideas or concepts
Specific Purpose Statement
Builds on your general purpose (such as to inform) and makes it more specific.
Thesis Statement
A single, declarative statement that outlines the purpose of your speech
