We are all immersed in a sea of persuasion everywhere we go.
In just normal everyday conversations people try to convince of us things every
day, or try to tell us we should do things a certain way. The same thing goes for
every single time you turn on your television. Just today I turned on my TV to
see a commercial representing an anti-bullying campaign. As far as
interpersonal persuasion goes, I think that each of us probably participates in
this multiple times per day. Many conversations that we participate in with
friends or family involve trying to convince another of something or to show
them why a certain way of doing something is the correct way. The commercial
was designed to persuade you to be aware of bullying and to prevent becoming a
bully or a victim of bullying. I have not personally had to do a persuasive
speech in a very long time, perhaps even since early high school, so this type
of speech is a bit rusty for me. I can be a more critical consumer of persuasive
messages by examining why this person is trying to persuade me to make a choice
or behave a certain way.
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