Week 5

Week 5

Task 1: Notice your own talk

When it comes to my own talk there are many things in which I say and used often. For example when I greet people I was always taught from a young age that it was impolite to not introduce myself. Having this drilled into my mind when I was little from my parents every time I meet someone for the first time I say, ‘Hello, I’m Rebecca. It’s nice to meet you’. When leaving I say the same thing every time, which includes, ‘Aww well it was very nice to meet you/you all again. Thanks for having me and I will see you when I see you’.

When it comes to uncomfortable moments including moments of silence, I tend to panic and over talk, about random stuff and half the time I can tell the other person has stopped listening. When it comes to humour, I tend not to use it with people I only just meet. I don’t use it because I have a fear that they won’t get it or think I’m weird for saying something funny that they don’t get. However having said this, I do use humour around people I feel comfortable around/ or people I know. 

 

Task 2: Comparing a News Interview with an Entertainment Interview

Questions	News Interview	Entertainment Interview
How was the interviewee introduced?	The interview was introduced by giving the viewers a background of the robbery, which was then followed by introducing the interviewee, by first of all thanking them for their time and asking how they were (Today Show, 2016)	Ellen’s interviewee was introduced by dancing her way onto the stage as Ellen introduced her (The Ellen Show, 2015).
What questions were asked?	o   How are you guys? o   What were you doing before the robbery took place? o   What did you do throughout the robbery? o   Did you feel like your life was at risk?	o   Why don’t you move to L.A? o   Do you like it here? o   What did you do last time you were in L.A?
Conflict?	No conflict was seen throughout this interview	No conflict was seen throughout this interview.
How Humour evident?	Throughout the news interview, humour was evident as the interviewees put an Aussie spin when telling their story of the robbery. This humour can be seen by the reactions of the interviewers as they were all laughing and enjoying themselves.	Throughout Ellen’s interview humour was definitely used. This can be seen both Ellen and her live audience laughed along with the interviewee as she told funny stories of her time in L.A.
How was the interview concluded?	The news interview was concluded by thanking the boys for sharing their story with the Today show.	The entertainment interview was concluded by Ellen thanking her guest for joining her show and then letting her audience know what was coming up next.
Differences?	o   More serious interview o   Based on a news event o   Split screen to show both the Today Interviewer and the interviewee as they were not in the same town when interviewed.	o   Less serious interview o   Based on the life events of a famous person. o   The interview took place in Ellen’s studio with both the guest and Ellen within the same room. o   A live audience was used.

 

News Interview Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR2OWrOc8xk

Entertainment Interview Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgX2HY2iyVQ

Reference List (Week 5):  

The Ellen Show. (2015). Amy Schumer. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgX2HY2iyVQ. Last accessed 4th of April 2016.

Today Show. (2016). Robbery Heroes . Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR2OWrOc8xk. Last accessed 4th April 2016.

Week 5

Task 3: Key Points

After reading Chapter 18: Interaction en Masse: Audiences and Speeches in Heritage, the following key points were seen. These include:

o   Eye contact is essential for effective public speaking, as you gain more attention from your audience.

o   Audiences have the power to ‘make or break’ your speech. This can be judged by their reactions, such as cheering, nodding, writing down notes etc.

o   Applauses can show whether or not your speech was strong and or weak. Atkinson research showed that if an audience applause lasted for 8 or more seconds the speech was strong, however if the applause didn’t last for 8 seconds or more the weak was classified as weak.

o   Lists are important in speeches as they show the kind of emphasis and projectable necessary for audiences to react.

o   Structure of speeches helps maintain the audience’s applause. This is done in three stages and or levels. Arguments, rhetoric and a micro-structural level if intonation, rhythm, timing and gesture.

o   CONTENT DOES MATTER!! (Clayman and Heritage, 1969).

After recoding the key points that emerged from the research of this chapter, there are many points  in which I could and should take into count when writing my own speeches, to ensure that my speeches have the potential to be effective. These points will include the aspects of making sure the content of the speech makes sense and is interesting, ensure that when the speech is being spoken that eye contact and body language will be used to draw the audience attention in and also to structure my speeches effectively to ensure the audience does applauses when needed to.

Reference List (Week 5):

Clayman, S. and Heritage, J. (1969). Talk in Action . Available: http://ezproxy.cqu.edu.au/connect?session=scnGr6kpklL3Ezt5&url=http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au/cro/protected/comm12033/comm12033_cro7870.pdf. Last accessed 4th of April 2016.