Contemporary Public Speaking
WW Norton & Co
978-1-324-11958-6 (ISBN)
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Gehrke and Foley believe student speakers are most successful when they draw on their individual standpoints and unique experiences to find their power and purpose in public speaking. Contemporary Public Speaking builds students’ confidence and skills, inviting them to view their intersectional identities as the very strengths that will help them succeed—and it features many examples of young speakers who have successfully done so and used public speaking to enact change. Robust, practical advice for speaking in person and online helps students navigate today’s digital world, and revisions to the Second Edition make it even easier for students to use.
Highlights of the Second Edition’s new content:
New “Tech Talk” boxes address digital frontiers like AI and social media analytics, offering you coverage if you teach these tools in your courses while keeping the main text focused on core communication principles and strategies.
Updated “Speaker Spotlight” boxes are now focused on how each speaker illustrates the effective strategies from the chapter. NEW speakers and topics include musician Jelly Roll on addiction, Veterans Affairs psychologist Dr. Minette Beckner on PTSD, a panel of women on navigating careers in STEM, and Miss Kansas winner Alexis Smith on evoking compassion.
New chapter openers introduce students to four new speakers and ideas: Data scientist and AI ethicist Joy Buolamwini (Ch. 3: Ethics and Credibility)? Palestinian peace activist Aziz Abu Sarah (Ch. 4: Listening and Responding) Low-vision entrepreneur and disability advocate Rebecca Rosenberg (Ch. 13: Presentation Aids and Slides) Conservative climate advocate Benji Backer?(Ch. 16: Persuading and Motivating)
Based on extensive feedback from instructors who assigned the First Edition, the Second Edition makes the advice in Contemporary Public Speaking easier for students to use, including: New coverage and a New “Try This” exercise on effective time management to help students better plan and prepare their presentations. A streamlined discussion of publics features practical new advice to guide students through understanding their publics. An expanded toolbox of practical research advice guides student through the research process. A streamlined and clearer discussion of outlining prepares students to write outlines for preparing and delivering presentations. A more strategic and applied section on language presents topics like code-switching and code-meshing as strategies for addressing audiences.
Pat Gehrke (he/him) is a professor in the Speech, Communication, and Rhetoric Program and the Department of English at the University of South Carolina. He has over twenty years of experience teaching and directing public speaking courses. He has taught over fifteen different undergraduate courses, including public speaking, online public communication, small group communication, political communication, civic engagement, argumentation, rhetoric, and communication ethics. He also designed and teaches USC’s unique and innovative online public speaking course. He is the author or editor of six books including The Ethics and Politics of Speech (2009), A Century of Communication Studies (with William Keith, 2014), and Teaching First-Year Communication Courses (2017). He served as editor of Review of Communication from 2013 to 2016 and has twice received the National Communication Association’s presidential citation for service to the discipline. He is widely recognized as a leading authority on the history of communication studies in the United States and an innovator in online public speaking pedagogy. He holds a PhD in communication from the Pennsylvania State University. Megan Foley (they/them) is the director of standpointadvocacy.org, a virtual teach-in for advocates, activists, and educators committed to social justice. They have fifteen years of college teaching experience and have taught more than a dozen different undergraduate courses, including public speaking, intercultural communication, gender and communication, persuasion, small group communication, nonverbal communication, interpersonal communication, communication theory, and rhetorical theory. They have published award-winning research in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Philosophy and Rhetoric, the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and the Journal of Communication Studies. They have served on the editorial boards of the Quarterly Journal of Speech and Women’s Studies in Communication as well as the National Communication Association’s Leadership Development Board. They hold a PhD in communication studies from the University of Iowa.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 957 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-324-11958-6 / 1324119586 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-324-11958-6 / 9781324119586 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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