Describe a relationship story that you tell with this person or about this person. What personal idioms do you use?

Delivery: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Find a video or article about speech anxiety, speech content, organization, or delivery. For the initial post, address the following:

· Summarize the content.

· Include tips on verbal and nonverbal communication with audience members of different cultures.

· Explain why you thought it was important.

· Determine how it will help you deliver a presentation.

Discussion 4: Relationships and Technology

Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, select one of the following options and address the related questions:

Option 1: Interpersonal Relationships

· Pick an important relationship and describe its relationship culture.

· When the relationship started, what relationship schemata guided your expectations?

· Describe a relationship story that you tell with this person or about this person. What personal idioms do you use?

· What routines and rituals do you observe?

· What norms and rules do you follow?

· How do self-concept, self-image, self-esteem, and self-disclosure effect a relationship?

Option 2: Technology

· How does technology affects your communication in various contexts including the following:

· Academic

· Professional

· Civic

· Personal

· Examine how your engagement with technology changes from context to context.

· For example, do you use online technology more in one context than another?

· In what contexts/situations might you prefer “old media” like phone, written letter, or even face-to-face communication?

Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Select one peer who chose the option you did not choose.

· For example, for Option 1, examine where your interpersonal relationships have the same or similar routines, rituals, norms, and rules and where they are very different.

· For Option 2, how are the context for technology use the same or different? Is there a trend or pattern that you see as a whole?