Why is knowing your audience an important part of capturing and maintaining their attention? What cultural considerations do you need to take into account for your particular audience/topic?Explain

Write a minimum of two paragraphs with one source for the first discussion and three paragraphs with two sources for the second discussion.

Week 5 Discussion: The Cold War

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 7
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Instructions

Select one of the following smaller nations:

Korea
Vietnam
Cambodia
Cuba

Another smaller nation of your choice with instructor approval

For the initial post, address the following in relation to your selection:

Examine how Cold War policy by the main players affected the smaller nation.

Examine why democracy was not successful in that nation.

Describe the loss of personal liberties that were a result of democracy failing.

Has the nation’s political system changed since the Cold War? Explain.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least one peer. At least one of your responses should be to a peer who chose an option different from yours. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

Second discussion:

Week 5 Discussion: Grabbing and Maintaining Attention

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: review Chapter 3, 6, 7

Lesson

Minimum of 1 video

Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook/lesson)

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, address the following:

Why is knowing your audience an important part of capturing and maintaining their attention?

What cultural considerations do you need to take into account for your particular audience/topic?

How are you going to keep the audience’s attention throughout the speech?

Find at least one example on YouTube, TEDx, or other video repositories of good attention-getting examples. Post the URL and explain how the video is a good model for capturing the audience’s attention. The video can be on any topic but must be appropriate for sharing.

Make sure to include a scholarly source to support your points.

In place of the textbook citation, you will need to integrate and cite the video you selected as well as a scholarly source.

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