COMM 634 Blog Assignment #2

Blog Assignment

Exercise 3.2- Freewriting on Persuasion and Public Relations
Part 1
Advocate
one that pleads the cause of another , one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal,

Convince
to bring (as by argument) to belief, consent, or a course of action

Entice
to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire

Induce
to move by persuasion or influence, to call forth or bring about by influence or stimulation

Influence
the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible way

Manipulate
to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner

Persuade
to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

Part 2

My parents always told me that I could sell ice to Eskimos. They thought I should be a negotiator, a lawyer, a sales person. They saw my persuasion skills at work while I was very young, but doesn’t everyone test those skills out on their parents? I chose communications cause I feel like that’s the pathway to whatever it is that I want to do or will end up doing. Communications and public relations relies so heavy on persuasion because if you can’t convince people of what you are saying there is not bother in saying in. Some of the theories discussed in this chapter I have heard about being in psychology and it made sense that things, for example cognitive dissonance, are in the same boat as understanding persuasion as a technique and as a possible huge guiding force. If you make people comfortable with what you are telling them, they will be more willing to oblige. Public relations needs to be reliable in getting the information out and making sure it caters to its market so that it will be not just listened to but also heard.