Public Speaking and Civic Engagement
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Public Speaking and Civic Engagement promotes public speaking as a vehicle for civic engagement by showing the reader how to address issues, think critically, engage in productive dialogue, formulate sound arguments, and develop an ethic of advocacy. The civic engagement theme is unique in that it envisions public speaking as a vehicle for promoting the common good, while also emphasizing its role in personal advancement and fulfillment. By using specific examples–of students, of citizens engaged in community affairs, of historic and contemporary public figures–the book teaches the reader how to address substantive issues that impact their communities at local, state, national, and international levels.
Chapter 1 Public Speaking and Democratic CitizenshipPublic Speaking and Civic EngagementThe Rhetorical TraditionCommunication Challenges of the Twenty-first CenturyThe Responsible Citizen-SpeakerChapter 2 The Ethical Public SpeakerThe Engaged CitizenGetting Involved in PoliticsThe Ethics of Public SpeakingDeliberation and Demagoguery in the Media AgeChapter 3 Preparing to Speak with Commitment and ConfidencePublic Speaking as Civic EngagementPreparing Yourself to SpeakSpeaking with ConfidenceChapter 4 The Listener as Engaged CitizenThe Importance of Effective ListeningUnderstanding Barriers to Good ListeningGuidelines for Improving ListeningChapter 5 Diverse Audiences in a Democratic SocietyUnderstanding Diverse AudiencesIdentifying Individual Listener Needs and ValuesIdentifying Communal Needs and ValuesGathering Information for Audience AdaptationOngoing Strategies for Audience AdaptationChapter 6 Developing Significant TopicsFinding a Suitable TopicNarrowing the TopicEthical Obligations in Selecting a TopicGeneral PurposesCrafting a Specific PurposeTesting Specific PurposesConstructing a Thesis StatementChapter 7 Responsible and Productive ResearchA Productive StartThe Creative Enterprise of Building a SpeechInvestigating Like a Professional: Utilizing Library ResourcesSearching the World Wide WebGathering Information through InterviewsGathering Information through E-mailCiting Sources of Quoted and Paraphrased MaterialChapter 8 Supporting Your Ideas with EvidenceSupporting Ideas with EvidenceTesting EvidenceChapter 9 Organizing Your SpeechThe Importance of Good OrganizationDetermining When an Idea Is a Good OneHow Patterns of Organization Connect IdeasGuidelines for Organizing Your SpeechUsing Transitions and Transitional DevicesIntroducing Your SpeechConcluding Your SpeechChapter 10 Outlining Your SpeechTypes of OutlinesBasic Principles of OutliningChapter 11 Using Language EffectivelyLanguage and MeaningUsing Language That Is Clear and AccurateUsing Language That Is InterestingUsing Language that Is Appropriate to the SituationResponding Critically to a Speaker’s StyleChapter 12 Delivering Your Speech Effectively Sounding Good versus Being SoundPrinciples of Good DeliverySpeaking ExtemporaneouslyAlternative Styles of DeliveryResponding to Audience QuestionsChapter 13 Supporting Your Ideas Visually Functions of Presentational AidsOptions for Presentational AidsGuidelines for Preparing Presentational AidsGuidelines for Using Presentational AidsChapter 14 Speaking to InformFunctions of Informative SpeechesTypes of Informative SpeechesOrganizing the Informative SpeechHow Audiences Learn from Informative SpeechesChapter 15 Persuasive Speaking in a Democratic SocietyThe Anatomy of Public ControversyQuestions of Fact, Value, and PolicyEthical Proof in Persuasive SpeakingAppealing to Audience EmotionsChapter 16 Arguing Persuasively Persuasion and Demagoguery in a Free SocietyConstructing a Reasonable ArgumentThe Forms of ReasoningFallacies of Reasoning and EvidenceChapter 17 Ceremonial Speaking in a Free SocietySocial Values in Ceremonial SpeakingThe Forms of Ceremonial SpeechStyle and Delivery in Ceremonial SpeakingChapter 18 Speaking and Deliberating in Groups Understanding Public DeliberationGroup Structures That Encourage Dialogue and DeliberationFactors That Influence Effective Group DeliberationGroup PresentationsGuidelines for Deliberating in GroupsGlossaryName IndexSubject Index
