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Multimedia Web Links

• Good Informative Speech Topics:
  http://library.austincc.edu/help/speech/topic/Good%20Informative%20Speech%20Topics.htm
• Persuasive and Controversial Speech Ideas:
  http://comp.uark.edu/~lmeade/Communication/Persuasive%20Speech%20Ideas.htm
• Topic Selection Helper:
  http://www.hawaii.edu/mauispeech/html/infotopichelp.html
• Speech Topic Ideas:
  http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195178335/studentresources/ideas/
   

Activities

• The authors introduce social constructionism in Chapter 2.  Watch the videos below, and then answer the following questions: Do you see the world differently now that you have been introduced to social constructionism? Why or why not?
  
  • Social Constructionism:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U2XAJNazik&list=TLcERL3LWRR9rwJ9QFkH5dTJdvDRfrc8iH
  • Social Construction: Some of the Basics
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lka83pORA&list=TLcERL3LWRR9rwJ9QFkH5dTJdvDRfrc8iH
  • Profile: Dr. Peter L. Berger (Social Construction of Reality)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4E0jBHS1N8&list=TLcERL3LWRR9rwJ9QFkH5dTJdvDRfrc8iH
• Think of questions you would like to ask your peers that may help you come up with a topic (or narrow a topic) that will be interesting/relevant to them (your audience).  Then, create an online survey (create one for free at www.surveymonkey.com) using these questions.  After creating the survey, email your peers the link and ask them to take it. Tip: You may receive more responses if you create a survey students can answer anonymously.