TRUSTING THE PERSON SPEAKING

Assignment 1: TRUSTING THE PERSON SPEAKING

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher who wrote a book on communications called The Rhetoric, argues that the credibility or integrity of a speaker is the most important thing they have going for them. The audience has to trust them or all the other stuff such as skill in delivery doesn’t matter. Is that true? For this module, write two or three paragraphs on how important (or not) you think the integrity of the speaker is. Does it really matter if the speaker is a good person? Does it matter if the speaker knows his/her topic well? Does the quality of the person doing the speaking make much difference? Offer your thoughts on this theme of speaker integrity.