met by giving both prepared and impromptu speeches both in class and to other groups. My speeches were my introductory speech, my talk from TEC, a persuasive speech about media bias with
The persuasive speech I viewed was titled “Implications of Social Networking and Text messaging”, which I immediately was drawn to which looking for a video on YouTube. It caught my attention because I use social networking and texting every day as a form of communication and wanted to know what was so detrimental to doing so. During the entirety of the speech, the speaker stayed true to the title. He talked about the negative outcomes of using too much social networking and texting but made sure
structure, images, and ideographs were all rhetorical strategies. After this new discovery I was able to analyze pieces and pick out key components or strategies the author used to create an argument. This was also very helpful when writing my persuasive speech. I was able to incorporate some of the
No one is a perfect human being. We all make mistakes and we all have areas in which we can improve. Throughout of the course of COMS 130, I have learned how to effectively give introductory, informative, and persuasive speeches. There are areas I personally succeeded at and areas where I could use some improvement. It’s important to reflect on our past experiences to better our future ones. I will reflect on my strengths and weaknesses in my speeches, concepts such as the speaker-audience relationship
Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: New Press, 2010. 261 Pages “The New Jim Crow” Summary “The New Jim Crow” was written by Michelle Alexander based off of her experience working for the ACLU of Oakland in which she saw racial bias in the justice system that constituted people of color second-class citizens (Alexander 3); which is why the comparison had been made to the Jim Crow laws that existed in the nineteenth century consistently throughout Alexander's novel. Alexander notes
it with care and maturity. They must learn “how to think, how to make up their minds”, yes. But those who edify them such shall show no bias towards any subject. Edifying them on how
Vice Presidential Debate (October 4, 2016) As the running mates to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took the stage to further their platform and earn voters, millions tuned in hopes of further solidifying their choice for President of the United States of America. The Vice-Presidential debate was moderated by Elaine Quijano, CBSN anchor and former CNN journalist, who Dan Gainor of FOX claims to have been left from the very beginning (“Another Debate”, 2016). According to numerous articles as well
Look at social media for example. Arguably, social networks are the perfect environment for propaganda to thrive. There are millions of online people pushing their own opinions and agendas. An easy example of modern propaganda is any caricature of President Trump shown as an overweight, orange slob. While this is how some view Trump, it is biased. On the other side of that, Trump is well practiced in his constant criticism of the media spouting about, “fake news.” Both the media and Trump push their
Mills, Schudson, and Gitlin show different approaches to society and the role of mass media. Each approach helps illustrate a different focus on society. They each hold special relevance in a discussion of the history of societal beliefs. The Mass Society refers to the overall belief C. Wright Mills held in relation to the type of society he believed we live in. Mills began The Power Elite with a bold statement saying, "The powers of ordinary men are circumscribed by the everyday words in
appeal to the confirmation bias of their target audiences. Each network not only chooses which stories to run based on the interest of their target demographic, but also frames the facts in a way that leads consumers to believe that their own beliefs, however factual, are correct, which aligns with a scientific principle known as confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the tendency for people to seek out information that aligns with their beliefs,