Which of the following traditions in communication criticism would underlie the study of the persuasive strategies used by Presidents in the U.S. when calling for military action in a foreign country

a. The rhetorical tradition
b. The social tradition
c. The cultural tradition
d. The critical tradition

Answer a,

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We form a credibility impression of a speaker on the basis of _____ credibility (the speaker's reputation as we know it) and _____ credibility (the speaker's reputation as confirmed or refuted by what the speaker says and does during the speech)

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1.Studies based in explanation attempt to answer the “why?” question. 2.A research question is a statement about the relationships you expect to find between two variables. 3.Critical research has a goal of understanding how power is used in and through communication. 4.Ontology questions address the question of what counts as knowledge. 5.Academic journals are the same as magazines.

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