COM 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Plaintext, Facetime, Stress Management
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1. 1 knowledge- list and describe the three benefits of studying communication. Personal benefits- there are many personal benefits to studying communications. The relationships in your life may turn more meaningful. You may become more confident in expressing your own opinions. Also, you won"t just be good at speaking, you will be good at listening. People will most likely come to you more because of your listening skills. Professional benefits- no matter where you work, you will need good communications skills. At almost all jobs you have to give presentations. In your presentations, you need to communicate information to your colleagues. Communication is something that is highly valued in an employee. Companies will judge you on how well you communicated in a job interview, so communications skill are needed to make a good first impression. Social benefits- you constantly hear contradicting information from different news channels or writers.
