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Chapter 1: Why Public Speaking Matters Today
Learning Objectives
- Describe the three types of public speaking in everyday life: informative, persuasive, and entertaining.
- Explain the benefits of taking a course in and engaging in public speaking.
- Identify the three components of getting your message across to others.
- Distinguish between the interactional model of communication and the transactional model of communication.
- Explain the three principles discussed in the dialogical theory of public speaking.
Key Terms
- Channel
- Cultural Dimension
- Decoding
- Dialogic Theory of Public Speaking
- Dialogue
- Encoding
- Entertaining Speaking
- Feedback
- Informative Speaking
- Interactional Model of Public Speaking
- Linear Model of Public Speaking
- Mediated
- Message
- Monologue
- Noise
- Nonverbal Communication
- Persuasive Speaking
- Physical Dimension
- Receiver
- Social-Psychological Dimension
- Source
- Temporal Dimension
- Thought Leader
- Transactional Model of Public Speaking
- Verbal Communication
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