You want to do a speech on the importance of committing to a daily exercise routine, but you don't want to come across as though you were scolding the audience for not being more active
You simply want to uplift them, to make them feel good about their own potential, and to show them the health benefits of activity. If you do this, what persuasive strategy will you be using?
a. positive motivation
b. negative motivation
c. cognitive dissonance
d. fear appeals
a
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According to the text, Jeffrey Goldstein devoted an entire book to the question of the
appeal of media violence. According to Goldstein, which of the following is TRUE?
a. Violent entertainment is the preferred form of entertainment of most of the viewing audience, most of the time. b. Violent entertainment is not preferred by any segment of the media audience. c. Most viewers appear to prefer comedies and sitcoms to violent entertainment. d. No one really knows why anyone would prefer to watch violent entertainment. e. The theory with the best overall level of empirical support in the literature is the theory of symbolic catharsis.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Focusing on one issue will improve your critical thinking abilities. 2. As a critical thinker, assessing information matters more than gathering information. 3. When covering a contentious issue, it is more important that you give equal coverage to both sides of the issue than to think analytically about why the story matters. 4. A well-written story should require readers to do more research on the topic. 5. The best questions will make the journalist, and thus the reader, more informed about a topic.