Which characteristic of culture would be especially detrimental to intercultural communication according to McDaniel and Samovar?

Pat has chosen to discuss the cancer risk posed by common household products in an informative speech. Pat believes that humor would be inappropriate for this topic. What other attention getting technique might Pat effectively employ?

A. beginning by asking the audience a question about the topic B. jumping up and down before starting the speech C. refusing to look at the audience for the first two minutes of the speech D. Pat should go ahead and use humor even if it is likely to be inappropriate

Having the correct style is not particularly important now that many public relations practitioners are emailing draft releases, art and video clips to services that prepare the releases for the media distribution ordered by the client

Indicate whether the statement is true or false