Public Speaking

* public speaking is American’s number one fear what is public speaking features communication between a speaker and an audience speaker does most of talking audience centered emphasizes the spoken word usually a prepared presentation
Why study public speaking
Use in
Classroom
Career
Communication skills outrank all other qualities
Community
Least expect it
Public Speaking: A great tradition
The ancient Greeks were the first people to think formally about rhetoric –a systematic analysis of the art and practice of public speaking according to Aristotle
Quintilian, Aristotle, Cicero, Socrates, Plato
The tradition of public speaking flourished in colonial America during the great awakening
The American revolution presented numerous opportunities to demonstrate the power of oratory
Decry new taxes
In the 19th century public speaking became a hallmark of American society
Through public addresses
Freely debate political issues, expand their knowledge, and entertain one another
20th century
Woodrow- traveled the us advocating the league of nations
Martin Luther King Jr
Public speaking: a Dynamic Discipline
From linear to transactional
Communication started off as a linear process
1 way flow of ideas from speaker to audience source – a person with an idea to express message –the ideas that he/she conveys to the audience encodes – the source chooses symbols to express ideas verbal symbols – are the words that the sources uses to convey an idea nonverbal symbols – the means of making a point without the use of words such as hand gestures, movement, and facial expressions channel –the source communicates the encoded message through this medium of delivery receivers- try to make sense of the messages by decoding decode – receivers process the source’s verbal and nonverbal symbols and form their own perception of the message meaning noise/interference – a phenomenon that disrupts communication between source and receiver
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