Rhetoric Lectures
Rhetoric Readings
Media Studies Lectures
Media Studies Readings

Trivia
100

Who were the Sophists?

Professional educators offering instruction on public speaking in Ancient Greece

100

Aristotle opens Rhetoric by stating that "Rhetoric is the counterpart of" what?

Dialectic

100

What's the definition of mass communication?

The process by which a person, group of people, or large organization creates a message and transmits it through some type of medium to a large, anonymous, heterogeneous audience.

100

Name three characteristics of mass communication.

Large Audience, Heterogeneous Audience, Anonymous Interaction, Delayed Feedback, Geographical Scattering, Professionally Produced, Complex, Gatekeeping, Disorganized/Shapeless Audience, Lack of Togetherness, Interactive Thought

100

What is the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace called?

aglet

200

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" is an example of this rhetorical figure.

Paradox

200

Define telos

Distinct end goal of a speech/act of communication

200
What's the difference between narrow-casting and broad-casting?

Narrow-casting: smaller audience, more niche topics

Broad-casting: larger audience, broad reach, expansive interests

200

How does increased self-disclosure online affect one's self-esteem?

Those who crave peer approval online appear to have lower self-esteem overall.

200

What do you call a group of owls?

A parliament

300

What is a rhetorical audience?

An audience that can modify the exigence.

300

What is a forensic speech? What is it's purpose (telos)?

Determine the facts of a situation; whether it happened or not; courtrooms; concerned with the past

300

____________ is the process of monitoring, evaluating, and possibly taking action against content that violates the stated goals or policies of an organization or platform where that content is being hosted.

Content moderation

300

Name two of the three Santa Clara Principles.

  • publish the number of posts removed and accounts permanently or temporarily suspended due to violations of their content guidelines; 
  • provide clear notice to all users about what types of content are prohibited, and clear notice to each affected user about the reason for the removal of their content or the suspension of their account; and 
  • provide human review of content removal by someone not involved in the initial decision, and enable users to engage in a meaningful and timely appeals process for any content removals or account suspensions. 
300

What was the longest-running Broadway show?

The Phantom of the Opera 

400

Give an example of an iconic photograph.

  • “Great Depression photo”

  • “Tiananmen Square Massacre”

  • “President Bush 9/11” 

  • “The Situation Room 2011”

400
Identify and define two genres of visual rhetoric.

Iconic photographs

Body rhetoric

Monumental rhetoric

Image events

400

True or false: Content moderation is easy to do on a large scale.

False--it's difficult to nearly impossible

400

The more information a user shares and the more public that information is, the more _________ a user is.

visible

400

Who is the all-time leading NBA scorer?

LeBron James

500

What is the rhetorical situation?

a “complex of persons, events, objects, and relations presenting an actual or potential exigence which can be completely or partially removed if discourse, introduced in the situation, can so constrain human decision or action as to bring about the significant modification of the exigence.”

500

What are the three modes of rhetorically reading an image?

Dominant

Negotiated

Oppositional
500

Define agenda setting and provide one of its critiques.

Media provides information which is the most relevant food for thought, portrays the major issues of the society and reflects people's minds.

  • Media users are not ideal–they may not pay attention to certain details

  • Effect is weakened for people who have already made up their mind 

  • Media cannot create problems–they can only alter the level of awareness 

500

What is an "imagined community?"

Nations are “imagined” because they rely on a shared mental construct rather than direct, personal interactions among members. The members of a nation do not interact face-to-face, but they still perceive themselves as part of a larger, cohesive group.

500

How many moons does Jupiter have?

95

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