Presentation
media is a useful tool in drawing attention to your topic, illustrating an
idea, evoking emotional reactions, clarifying points, supporting an argument,
and assisting with audience recall. So essentially, the all-encompassing purpose
of using presentation media is to enhance your speech in a variety of ways. It
is exceedingly important to develop accurate presentation media for a speech.
Just as supporting evidence in a speech provides speaker and topic credibility,
so does presentation media. If media is altered or incorrect it can damage both
the speaker credibility and the credibility of the speech topic. This will
leave the audience with little confidence in the speaker and the “factual”
content of their speech, as well as some confusion and a weak understanding of
your topic. The best way to present effective presentation media is by checking
the sources for the media (as you would for textual evidence) and using
authentic media from a valid source.
I like where you say that altered or incorrect media can damage both the speaker’s credibility as well as the credibility of the topic. I agree with this one hundred percent. How is the audience supposed to believe anything the speaker says about this topic if what he/she is showing them is incorrect? Even if the speaker did not realize that the media being used is altered or incorrect, this means that they must not have done a very good job checking their sources, and that might mean they didn’t do a thorough job checking sources for other information they are giving.
ReplyDeleteI agree that presentation media can have a big impact on the speaker's credibility. If I was in the audience listening to a speech that did not have credible media, it would cause me to question the entire speech. This does leave the audience confused as well. If they do not trust the sources, they will be distracted from listening to the speech. This leaves them confused, and they may not even know what the speech was about. No audience wants to leave a speech wondering whether the speech was legit or not. Instead of thinking about what the speech was actually on, the focus turns to the credibility of the speech.
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