Communication Final Exam

            In the 21st-century, public speaking communication is basically the born digital era.  Public speaking can be described is the procedure of conducting a live presentation and is structured in a manner that will entertain or influence the live audiences (Huff, 2008).  More than half of the world’s population is using the internet at particularly internet sites (Coopman, & Lull, 2014).  This is, therefore, no wonder that the actual public speech world is experiencing several transformations that might increase in future.

            The internet has influenced the world of public speaking by making individuals more concise. Social media sites are communication are characterized by brief as the limit the general capability of reaching to the intended point in a more fast way (Coopman, & Lull, 2014).  With the growth of internet use gone is the period of lengthy introductions. The earlier generation’s sweepings are generally providing an opportunity to a fresh way of delivering public speeches which are briefer and they are directed to the intended points.  Since the internet users have less to draw their audiences the points are briefly and directly addressed.  Public speaking has thus become concise due to the utilization of succinct short sentences (Coopman, & Lull, 2014).

            Today the public speakers are realizing an actual change in their modes of communicating to live audiences (Hamilton, 2014). Previously the public speakers who view the eyes of all their audiences and the eye contact were crucial in increasing effectiveness but today they are faced by laptops backs and crown tops. This is mainly because the audiences are now typing points as well as making social updates during the whole presentation.  Therefore making a speech to the kind of audiences is an experience that is unsettling but the public speaking world is expected to adopt change even further in future.  In addition public speaking world is suffering from social distractions.  With texting popularity and prevalence of smartphones, most audiences are likely to miss the speech (Hamilton, 2014).

            The public speaking world may be affected by the internet in the future as individual will tend to know more than what is being communicated (Hamilton, 2014). The internet has exposed individuals to extensive information is useful in awareness creation. Public speaking in the future may lose it meaning because most of the information will be ignored as individuals can research it through the internet this may raise the argument as the internet sources are characterized by argument differences (Hamilton, 2014).

In future public speaking grammar and traits may be altered by deprived grammar, abbreviations overuses as well as text speak (Hamilton, 2014). This is mainly because the use of internet has transformed individuals and people can no longer understand the suitable place for certain speaking. Concise speech is associated with little understanding while long messages are characterized with poor grammar. Moreover, the internet may break the personal barriers among individual’s thus making public speeches inappropriate.  People update most of their personal information on the internet sites which is bound to break the boundaries of public speaking. Public speaking utilization may reduce in the future for lack of audience attention as the internet is negatively affecting effective skills of communication (Eadie, 2009).

            In summing up the internet is rapidly transforming individual’s ability to think and communicate in the 21st century.  However, live communications such as public speaking are bound to get more changes as social interactions traits are in opposition to direct speech.  The future world of public speaking may be characterized by verbal text speak as well as poor grammar.  The internet has provided unique communication adaptations which have changed the mode of public communication and interactions.

 

 

 

 

 

            References

Coopman, S. J., & Lull, J. (2014). Public speaking: The evolving art.

Eadie, W. F. (2009). 21st century communication: A reference handbook. Los Angeles: Sage.

Hamilton, C. (2014). Essentials of public speaking.

            Huff, W. A. K. (2008). Public speaking: A concise overview for the twenty-first century. New York: Peter Lang.