What I found most interesting in the text were the Contexts
for Observing Communication. I was
struggling to find a speech to critique for our upcoming assignment as I spend
the majority of my time at work, school or soccer practice with my kids. After emailing Professor Perez and then
reading the model, it became much clearer to me how to first identify a public
speech to observe and most importantly how to absorb the communication that is
being delivered. By looking for a
community where people share a common interest and that calls for a speech
(such as politics or religion), an occasion that calls for the speech
(Presidential election, Sunday church service), the sequence of the speech
activity (sermon, church retreats, political debates) and the purpose served by
the speech (faith – religious and political).
These contexts were most effective in persuasive speeches, whether the
deliverer is trying to gain your political vote or recruit you as a member of
the church.
I found the exact same concept to be interesting. I felt that by doing this reading It was able to lead me in the direction of whom I wanted critique as my speaker. It also made it easier to understand the way communication works by having it broken down. I never really thought of a locker room talk by a coach to considered a speech but now it makes more sense or even a group of students studying together to be considered as well. It also makes sense that persuasive speeches are the most successful considering the speaker works hard to gain votes like in politics or to recruit.
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