Chapter 5 Flashcards
Research and preparation (34 cards)
Research Question
the question about your topic you seek to answer
thesis statement
a clear and succinct one-sentence statement of the overarching idea for the talk, what the speaker wants the audience to take away from the communication as a whole; it is often the answer to the research question that guided the project.
scholarship
the pursuit of knowledge by anyone who wishes to deepen or expand their understanding and the production of works by people for others to consider as they participate in and contribute to that same pursuit
information literacy
the ability to figure out the type of information you need, find that information, evaluate it, and properly use it
background information
material that provides context for a topic
tangential information
evidence used to provide background and capture an audience’s interest
evidentiary information
information that supports main points within a speech and is directly related to the topic
dewey decimal classification system
the coding system used for books, magazines, and journals used in libraries
JSTOR
an electronic database for political journals
communication / mass media complete
an electronic database for academic journals and popular sources related to communication and journalism
Lexis-Nexis
an electronic database for newspapers and magazines
formal survey
a time-consuming way of gathering data on a population which employs randomized sampling to ensure reliability and validity
informal survey
polling a few people based on convenience
interviewing
a direct method of gathering information from a human source that allows for questions to adapt to responses
undercover interviewing
when the interviewer disguises either himself or his purpose in an effort to trick someone into sharing more information than they may have if the interviewee knew to whom he or she was speaking
accuracy
the truthfulness or correctness of a source
bias
presenting information in a way that unfairly influences someone’s perception of something
relevance
information that is connected to the topic
currency
timeliness of the information
authorship
who wrote the information and are they credible
argument
a claim that you are making about a given topic that you support with evidence and reasons
claim
the conclusion that the speaker wants the audience to accept as true
grounds
evidence in the toulmin model
warrant
explains why the grounds support the claim and makes that connection clear to the audience
