COMM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Information Overload, Thesis Statement, Jargon

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Communication Studies Courses
• Course: COMM 101
• Professor: Lindholm Charmin

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Anything that is tangible (capable of being seen or touched) Any series of actions that leads to a speci c result. Anything notable that happened, was happening, or might happen. Clarify ideas and concepts that are already known but not understood by an audience. Teach something to the audience in a logical, step-by-step process. Generally don"t present info your audience is going to disagree with. The informative speaker does not intend to change audience attitudes (cid:12254) Make members feel di erently about topic techniques of informative speaking. Information overload: psychological stress that occurs when people become confused and have trouble sorting through all the information that is available to them. Knowledge: relieve info overload by turning it into knowledge. Informative purpose statement: worded to stress audience knowledge, ability or both. Clear purpose statement will lead to clear thesis statement. A reason for audience members to want to listen and learn from speech.