Communication

Many English speakers have a false sense of security because English is studied and spoken by so many people around the world. Why is the sense of security that English speakers have a false one? Conduct research on global language statistics and projected trends related to language acquisition and usage. Post a link to your source(s), write 2 paragraphs describing why English-only speakers would benefit from learning another language, and hypothesize on which language might be the most beneficial.

After reviewing the eight guidelines for safe social networking (below)Why should you be concerned for safety in using social media? Support your response with a specific example.What additional tips can you share to make social media use safer?Eight Guidelines for Safe Social NetworkingMore and more people are becoming accustomed to communicating and sharing information, both business and personal, on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and countless other social media sites. As the popularity of these social networks grows, so do the risks. Savvy business communicators can protect themselves by employing smart practices, such as the following:• Beware of privacy settings. Many sites increasingly give users more control over their settings. Don’t assume you must use the default settings. Read the site’s privacy policy and use its settings to control who sees your basic information, personal information, photos, friends, and postings. However, sites can change settings anytime without notice. Don’t rely solely on privacy settings. Always use discretion in what you post.• Check it before you click it. A sophisticated scam known as spear phishing is ensnaring unsuspecting users. Even if a strange message looks as if it’s from a friend, remember that hackers may have broken into that person’s account. Use an alternate method to reach your friend to confirm the message.• Remember that Big Data is watching you. Whether you are making business contacts or visiting fun sites, you are leaving a digital trail practically forever when you browse the Internet—even in incognito mode! Be mindful of the trail you are leaving when you search and roam.• Beware of oversharing. If your employer visits your Facebook page and notices a flurry of activity while you should be working, you might land in the hot seat. If you report that you’re sick and then your Facebook location shows you posting from the local movie theater, this could reveal that you’re playing hooky. Additionally, never give details of upcoming holidays nor post-holiday snaps while you’re away. Criminals scour social networks to find empty houses to burgle.• Think twice before “friending.” Don’t reject friend request from some coworkers while accepting them from others. Snubbed workers may harbor ill feelings. Don’t friend your boss unless he or she friends you first. Send friend requests only once. On the flip side, don’t accept every friend or follower request you receive. Connect only with people you know in real life. Criminals create fake online accounts to befriend others and harvest personal information.• Be careful of third-party apps. Polls, quizzes, and games often look innocuous, but signing up for them may be giving scammers permission to access your profile. And if you decide to pay for admission or added perks, you may be providing your credit card and private information to cyber criminals.• Limit your LinkedIn info. Think carefully before posting your full résumé at LinkedIn. Yes, you do want to include enough information to help in a job search, but don’t make it easy for identity thieves to use that information, for instance, to fill out a loan application.• Don’t link accounts. Many websites and apps allow you to log in with Facebook, rather than creating a separate account. Doing so enables the social network to share all the information it holds about you, including the date and place of your birth and other personal information. Is the temporary convenience worth the risk?

Find 4-6 different online articles that discuss employability and summarise them in the form of an appropriately structured academic report. Include a section where you briefly analyse your own employability skills

The purpose of this essay is to analyze a subculture with a social, economic, and/or political disparity within US American Culture. You will identify the following aspects of this culture: symbols and meanings, norms, and what type of culture this subculture identifies as (see pages 53-55 for more information) In addition, Choose 2-4 concepts (i.e. language, verbal and nonverbal communication, etc.) to research and explain communicative behaviors of this subculture. Content Requirements: Introduction (no more than on paragraph) A Brief/history of the culture you have selected An introductory explanation of the concepts you have chosen to discuss in the paper Body Describe Cultural symbols, meanings, and what type of culture this subculture identifies with. Explain the concepts you will be asserting and provide your evidence. Be sure to clearly and briefly define each concept (2-4 required) Explain (with research/evidence) how these concepts affect the communicative behaviors of this subculture when communicating with the dominant culture or other subcultures. And the communicative behaviors within the subculture itself (how do they communicate with one another, how do they reinforce norms within the subculture for example). Do not use lengthy quotes or use lengthy scene descriptions to fill space. Conclusion A clear summary of the main points of your analysis. The following content is partner provided

Book Review over: Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman Review should be 4-5 pages overall that includes the following: A general introduction and conclusion A general overview of the book theme A summary of the book including at least 5 specific case studies, examples, stories, short excerpts/quotes that you feel were important or helped you understand something better (also explain why you included that specific example) A critical analysis of how the book connects to our class – group concepts A short discussion expressing what you liked or did not like about the book Which of the studies or discussions in the book do you find most intriguing? Why? Choose something from the book that you felt has a connection to at least one aspect of this course. A citation of the book and any other resources you used When you write up the critical analysis of how the book relates to the course, you should include terminology from the course. In general, your goal is to demonstrate your recall and ability to connect concepts. Excellent papers will be thorough and well-developed, hitting all required points.

In this 10 page paper, you will apply your knowledge of basic communication terms to an analysis of a film. In general, you will: Select a primary communication context (e.g., interpersonal communication.) that is reflected in a particular film of your choosing. Also, you will use several, specific terms (e.g., self-disclosure, relational dialectics, stages of relational development, etc.) that are related to your communication context. Conduct scholarly research in order to fully understand your chosen context. In other words, you will find three journal articles and use your textbook to help you understand and apply course terms in your paper. This becomes the evidence for your paper. Lastly, you will define and explain the terms, and analyze how they are presented in the film. In addition, you will cite your journal articles and your textbook within your paper as evidence and support of your ideas. You will submit your paper through the link to Turnitin.com that is posted for you in the assignment in Canvas. Your main goal in this paper is to apply communication terms to a film in order to demonstrate your understanding of these terms. Section-by-Section Instructions (follow these instructions closely!): Introduction 1. First paragraph Begin with a few general statements about ideas relevant to your paper, such as a few statements about communication, relationships, conflict, public speaking, organizations, etc. Whatever your paper’s topic, lead into it for the reader. Indicate the film that you will analyze. Next, clearly explain your goals for this paper. In other words, what is this paper’s thesis? What is the purpose of this paper? What will it accomplish? What will your paper explain and illustrate about the communication seen in this film? End your introduction with a preview of the main points of your paper. Your main points will be the terms that you will apply and analyze in the film. 2. Second paragraph – briefly summarize the film (about 4-5 sentences) Body (For each paragraph in the Body, do these in this order): 1. Define and explain one or several terms that you have researched fully. Use your textbook for all definitions of key terms that you provide. As you define your terms, be sure to cite evidence (quote) from your textbook and your journal articles. Describe how the term is demonstrated in your film. For example, here is where you explain how the characters in your film demonstrate “depth of self-disclosure,” “conflict,” “groupthink,” or some other term. Be sure to provide examples from the film, and be sure to explain yourself fully. This becomes your analysis of their communication. Use a transition to move the reader to your next paragraph. Your transitions should help connect your main ideas together. Repeat these steps until you have enough content to meet the assignment guidelines for the page requirement. HINT: Try organizing your paper chronologically to match the order of the film. Conclusion Provide a summary of the main points of your paper. Close your paper with a few comments on the importance of competent communication.

COMSTD 4 Self-Assessment Summative Paper Self-Assessment Self-assessment is a critical element in the interpersonal communication course as well as in our daily communication interactions. It is important for students to assess their skills and weaknesses at the outset of the course and to set semester goals. These goals should be revisited at the end of the semester when students assess their personal successes (and failures). Think about your current communication skills. You might consider your general communication skills (such as expressing yourself clearly, thinking before you speak, making up your mind firmly, saying “no” without feeling guilty), your self-awareness skills (such as understanding your own strengths and weaknesses, being able to identify your values, recognizing the impact of your behavior on others, setting realistic goals), and your interpersonal skills (such as listening with an open mind, being a good “people reader,” expressing feelings appropriately), and so on. In narrative (essay) form, respond to the following questions in well-developed, DETAILED, thorough paragraphs: Paragraphs 1 and 2: What do you identify as your two or three most significant strengths in the area of communication? Name a specific concept we have discussed throughout the semester (example: listening skills, perspective taking, awareness and appropriate application of conflict styles, etc.). Provide a definition of the concept in your own words. Illustrate each of these strengths by a specific personal example for each. When discussing your examples, provide specific nonverbal and verbal details of your communication interactions. Paragraphs 3 and 4: What do you identify as two of your most significant weaknesses? Again, name a specific concept we have discussed throughout the semester. Provide a definition of the concept in your own words Illustrate (specifically) why you feel these are problem areas by providing an example/scenario for each. When discussing your examples, provide specific nonverbal and verbal details of your communication interactions. Paragraph 5: Lastly, assess how competent of a communicator you feel you are as of this moment – where do you feel you lie on the continuum of competency and why? Now determine three to five goals (in the area of interpersonal communication) you would like to set for yourself moving forward. Connect these goals to at least two strengths and two weaknesses you have named. How will you build on your strengths and improve your weaknesses? Type your essay in Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.

Topic: Hydroxychloroquine and Covid 19 General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech, the audience will be able to explain the basics of the drug hydroxychloroquine and how it is helping with Covid 19. Thesis Statement: Hydroxychloroquine is a drug that reduces fever and inflammation and scientists are hoping that it can inhibit the virus that causes Covid 19.

Discussion: Plagiarism The examples below draw upon the same passage from the 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by media critic Neil Postman. Respond to the following two prompts/questions: 1. When people plagiarize, they present someone else’s words or ideas as if they were their own. Which of the examples below would be considered plagiarism? Which would not be considered plagiarism? Explain. (If you’re not sure, that’s fine. Just explain why you’re uncertain.) * Note that we are not concerning ourselves with APA or MLA in this discussion. Pretend you are encountering the examples in a newspaper or magazine, where academic citation style isn’t even used. 2. This set of examples has been used by many different instructors. Teachers (both K-12 and higher ed) participate in a culture of sharing that is intended to benefit students and normally isn’t considered plagiarism. Politicians, too, often present words that they did not themselves author. Everyone is aware of the role of political speech writers, and thus this practice is not considered plagiarism. Can you think of other situations where one person presents the words of another without citation, and the practice is not considered plagiarism? What is the difference between the situation you have in mind, or the situations described above, and that of plagiarism that appears in the work of an individual author (whether a student or professional author)? * If you can’t think of a response to #2, or it seems to you that your example has already been well-covered by your peers, then you can respond to the following prompt instead: Do a little web surfing to learn about a public official or some other prominent person who confronted charges of plagiarism. Summarize the incident and describe any debate surrounding it. This week, please write a subject line for your discussion contribution following the guidelines in this reading on “microstyle.”Original passage as it appears in Postman’s book: “television has achieved the power to define the form in which news must come, and it has also defined how we shall respond to it. In presenting news to us packaged as vaudeville, television induces other media to do the same, so that the total information environment begins to mirror television.” Example 1: Television has achieved the power to define the form in which news must come, and it has also defined how we shall respond to it. In presenting news to us packaged as vaudeville, television induces other media to do the same, so that the total information environment begins to mirror television. Example 2: According to media critic Neil Postman, television has achieved the power to define the form in which news must come, and it has also defined how we shall respond to it. In presenting news to us packaged as vaudeville, television induces other media to do the same, so that the total information environment begins to mirror television. Example 3: According to media critic Neil Postman, “television has achieved the power to define the form in which news must come, and it has also defined how we shall respond to it. In presenting news to us packaged as vaudeville, television induces other media to do the same, so that the total information environment begins to mirror television.” Example 4: According to media critic Neil Postman, television has achieved such dominance as to dictate the form in which news comes, and it also dictates how we respond to it. In delivering news as vaudeville, television causes other media to follow suit, so that all information begins to resemble television. Example 5: Television has achieved such dominance as to dictate the form in which news comes, and it also dictates how we respond to it. In delivering news as vaudeville, television causes other media to follow suit, so that all information begins to resemble television. Example 6: According to media critic Neil Postman, television now determines the way in which news is delivered and received, with the result that all news media have increasingly come to emphasize entertainment over depth and substance.

As you have now learned, distribution was always the biggest advantage of traditional publishers. Ebooks and audio books have been challenging that advantage as more and more smaller companies offer electronic distribution services. These companies have also increased market access to self-published titles, which have been exploding in number. With the increase in numbers of books and the varied formats for sale, discoverability of any title has become an even bigger challenge for publishers. Address the following in essay format and submit your answer. As a reader, how do you find new titles? If you read fiction, how do you discover new authors? What is the key indicator that helps you decide to buy a book? Do you use online sites such as Goodreads to find reviews and/or recommendations? What advice would you offer a publisher looking for new ways to better reach their audience? Do you have an example of finding and buying a book which you had never thought you would be interested in?