Argumentation For Critical Heterogenous Political Discussions: Constructing A Rebuttal, 2023 University of Alabama
Argumentation For Critical Heterogenous Political Discussions: Constructing A Rebuttal, Rebecca Oliver
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
This activity seeks to explain to undergraduate students how to craft a proper attack and defense in argumentation and debate, persuasion, or political communication courses. The activity teaches students 1) the parts of a basic argument structure and 2) how to construct a rebuttal using a basic argument structure. Students will argue against their true political typology by selecting an opposing typology from the Pew Research Typology Quiz. Broadly, this exercise is designed to encourage students to engage in dialogues with people who disagree with their political positionality. Specifically, the activity accomplishes this by teaching students the value of basic …
Encoding & Decoding: Artfully Modeling Communication, 2023 University of Maryland, College Park
Encoding & Decoding: Artfully Modeling Communication, Daniel L. Foster, Ashley D. Garcia
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
Drawing objects and concepts, such as cats, trees, love, democracy, and family, is probably the last activity students expect to do in a communication course. Although this sounds like an introductory art activity, creating visual representations provides a nuanced understanding of the encoding and decoding processes. Encoding and decoding are the most hidden and often the most unfamiliar and complex fundamental components of communication for students to comprehend. By engaging in this activity, students translate their decoding process into drawings, which serve as personal artifacts representative of their encoding and decoding. Students come to better conceptualize this cognitive process with …
“Party In The Communication Classroom”: Exploring Communication Competence To Raise Social Awareness, 2023 West Virginia Wesleyan College
“Party In The Communication Classroom”: Exploring Communication Competence To Raise Social Awareness, Nancy Bressler
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
This activity demonstrates communication competence and allows students to observe, assess, and ultimately utilize the model of communication competence to engage with other people successfully. To understand how to engage in communication competence, students must recognize that appropriateness and effectiveness are crucial aspects of their communication. Through the communication competence model, students examine how to achieve effectiveness in their communication by setting goals for specific contexts; they also consider to what extent their goals are achievable given the particular situation. Using a 2014 MTV Video Music Award example, students can analyze why Miley Cyrus allowed a homeless man to accept …
Introducing Public Speaking Self-Concept (Pssc): A Novel, Qualitatively-Derived Communication Anxiety And Competence Variable, 2023 South Dakota State University
Introducing Public Speaking Self-Concept (Pssc): A Novel, Qualitatively-Derived Communication Anxiety And Competence Variable, Karla M. Hunter, Joshua N. Westwick
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
Despite numerous quantitative assessments of teaching interventions that have helped mitigate public speaking anxiety (PSA), this common barrier to public speaking persists. In addition, quantitative measures may not be appropriate for all instructional goals, especially with students from across a variety of cultures. To enrich educators’ capacity to help diverse bodies of students overcome the challenges presented by PSA, this qualitative study asked students to “Please describe yourself as a public speaker” at the beginning and the end of a freshman-level, general education public speaking class. Thematic analysis identified a two-dimensional pattern within student responses (N = 51) (a …
Front Matter, 2023 South Dakota State University
Discourse: The Journal Of The Scasd, Volume 8 (2023), 2023 South Dakota State University
Discourse: The Journal Of The Scasd, Volume 8 (2023), The Speech Communication Association Of South Dakota
Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD
No abstract provided.
Nobel Peace Prize Colleague Speaking At Cedarville University, 2023 Cedarville University
Nobel Peace Prize Colleague Speaking At Cedarville University, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
Earlier this year, Dr. Pierre Agostini of Ohio State University (OSU), won the Nobel Prize in Physics. On Thursday, Nov. 30, Dr. Louis Franklin DiMauro, a colleague of Agostini, will be speaking at Cedarville University’s Physics Colloquium at 4 p.m. in Engineering and Science Center Room 210.
Holiday Cheers On The Basketball Court, 2023 Cedarville University
Holiday Cheers On The Basketball Court, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
As students return from Thanksgiving break, the Cedarville University Christmas Tournament will be held to promote fellowship through basketball.
Miss Michigan's Unexpected Turn: A Medical Mission Unveiled, 2023 Cedarville University
Miss Michigan's Unexpected Turn: A Medical Mission Unveiled, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
Sierra Bognear was on the fast track to entertainment and modeling stardom. With a modeling contract with Nike in hand and after being crowned Miss Michigan, Bognear’s professional future was bright.
Ultra Lyte Running: From Summer Startups To Full-Fledged Business, 2023 Cedarville University
Ultra Lyte Running: From Summer Startups To Full-Fledged Business, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
Many students work summer jobs to fund their college experience. Aaron Perry decided to do something a little different — he created his own startup business.
Confidence For Graduation, 2023 Ouachita Baptist University
Confidence For Graduation, Tiffany Pickett, Office Of Communications & Marketing
Press Releases
“Fake it until you make it.” While a common phrase in the leadership/business management advice genre, it’s genuinely how I survived my freshman year as a first-generation college student.
I smiled. I nodded. I tried to exude the confidence that I knew exactly what I was doing, but in reality, to quote Michael Scott from “The Office”: “I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do.” I would quietly ask questions to friends I could trust or pray that another classmate asked the question I wanted to ask in …
Medical Tourism & Communication, 2023 Pittsburg State University
Medical Tourism & Communication, Alicia Mason
Faculty Submissions
Medical tourism (MT), sometimes referred to as health tourism or medical travel, involves both the treatment of illness and the facilitation of wellness, with travel. Medical tourism is a multifaceted and multiphase process involving many agents and actors that requires careful planning and execution. The coordinated process involves the biomedical, transportation, tourism, and leisure industries. From the communication perspective, the process can be viewed as a 5-stage model consisting of the: (a) orientation, (b) preparation, (c) experiential and treatment, (d) convalescence, and (e) reflection phases. Medical tourism is uniquely situated in a nexus of academic literature related to communication, business …
Un Dubai Climate Conference Benefits Professor's Students, 2023 Cedarville University
Un Dubai Climate Conference Benefits Professor's Students, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
While most professors are gearing up for the end of the semester, Dr. Mark Gathany, a biology professor at Cedarville University who teaches environmental and ecology classes, will be attending the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, formally the UNFCCC COP28 – UN Framework Convention of Climate Change – Conference of Parties 28 (COP28) in Dubai, UAE, later next week. Gathany will attend the second week of the conference which takes place from November 28 through December 12.
Ouachita's Adams Department Of Art & Design To Host "Matter + Spirit" Through December 13, 2023, 2023 Ouachita Baptist University
Ouachita's Adams Department Of Art & Design To Host "Matter + Spirit" Through December 13, 2023, Georgia Richards, Office Of Communications & Marketing
Press Releases
The Rosemary Gossett Adams Department of Art & Design at Ouachita Baptist University will host “Matter + Spirit: A Chinese/American Exhibition” through Wednesday, Dec. 13, in Adams Galleries 1 & 2 of Moses-Provine Hall and Hammons Gallery in Mabee Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.
Unlocking Careers: M.A.T. Students Land Premium Athletic Placements, 2023 Cedarville University
Unlocking Careers: M.A.T. Students Land Premium Athletic Placements, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
Gaining real-world experience can set a college student’s career on a higher trajectory. Students in Cedarville University’s Master of Athletic Training program (M.A.T.) program are not just getting internship opportunities — they are securing positions with some of Ohio's most recognizable athletic programs.
Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2023: Overcoming Darkness With Light, 2023 Cedarville University
Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2023: Overcoming Darkness With Light, Cedarville University
Cedarville Magazine
No abstract provided.
Mentorship Beyond Graduation, 2023 Ouachita Baptist University
Mentorship Beyond Graduation, Gayla Parker, Bailey Buettner, Office Of Communications & Marketing
Press Releases
My grandmother could make the best biscuits ever over an open fire. My dad could tune a guitar to perfect pitch without a tuner. Those were just a few of the many skills they taught me. But there was one skill they could not teach me: navigating the world of higher education.
As smart and gifted as they were, high school graduation was not a part of their stories, much less college. When I graduated from high school, they were thrilled. They never imagined there would be multiple graduations to follow.
Ouachita Student Foundation Sets New Tiger Tunes Fundraising Record, 2023 Ouachita Baptist University
Ouachita Student Foundation Sets New Tiger Tunes Fundraising Record, Anna Roussel, Office Of Communications & Marketing
Press Releases
The Ouachita Student Foundation raised more than $205,000 during Tiger Tunes 2023, surpassing its $200,000 goal and securing the most money raised in one year by the event. Held each year in Jones Performing Arts Center during the university’s Homecoming weekend, Tiger Tunes is a song and dance production that parodies popular music as a competition among student organizations.
Social Work Department To Have Its First Collaborative Event With Central State University, 2023 Cedarville University
Social Work Department To Have Its First Collaborative Event With Central State University, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
Bringing awareness to how social workers can effectively practice outside of the United States is the focus of a collaborative event between Central State University and Cedarville University.
A Miraculous Story Of A Family Restored, 2023 Cedarville University
A Miraculous Story Of A Family Restored, Mark D. Weinstein
News Releases
In east Los Angeles during an unusually harsh winter, a young man limped down the sidewalk alone, a light coat covering his shoulders, his feet bare and bloody. His hair was matted, and his skin was tainted with streaks of dirt.