Distinguish between captive and voluntary participants. Provide an example of each and explain why it is important for a speaker to recognize whether his/her audience is captive or voluntary
What will be an ideal response?
Voluntary participants choose to hear a speech because of a particular interest or need. An example of a voluntary audience is a community group. Captive participants are required by some outside force to listen to a speech. An example of a captive audience is a classroom. The speaker should assess the type of audience as being an element of the communication situation and adapt accordingly. For
example, the speaker may need to take extra effort when arousing attention for a topic before a captive
audience.
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