media work

1. Be able to communicate
about media production
in discussions
Task 1: Name _____

2. Verbal Communication
 Verbal communication is when you are using your voice to
communicate instead your body language . You can show
your emotion through your voice and people can tell if you
are concerting or not .people can tell if you are being serious
or not through you words you use if you use informal words
they can tell you are not being serious, if you use formal
language you can tell you are being serious about something
are paying attention

3. Non Verbal Communication
 This is where you communicate through body language if
your slouching then it shows you don't care and don't want to
be there ,but if your body isn't slouched they can tell you are
paying attention and are listening to what they have to say.

4. Newspaper challenge
 5 minuets planning speaking how we were doing to make
the tower
 20 minuets working but we weren't allowed to speak at all if
we did we got a penalty
 It was easy at the start and at the end we panicked so we
broke are tower.

7. Good Group Communication Skills
 Doing research before you pitch your idea to the group
 Listen to what people have to say
 Go in a place where there is no background noise
 Take everyone's ideas into consideration.

8. Consequences of poor communication skills
 Group doesn't get any work done
 Non body gets along
 Group doesn't listen to each other
 There is no concentration

9. Discussion Guide:
 Environment
Good environment helps the group to get better results because
there is no background noise so the group can here each other
more clearly and everyone's ideas get listened to.
 Supporting Resources
If you have research you can back it up by having hand out and
PowerPoint to remember what you researched and to prove you
have done.

10. Discussion Ground Rules Resources:
 Agenda
A list of thing that you discuss that you want to make people aware of
if people aren't aware of the agenda it means that you have a bigger
chance of getting sidetracked.
 Time
There has to be enough time to make sure you cover everything and
be able t0 complete it in the time given. If it takes to long and goes
over the time limit it means you had to much to cover on the agenda

11. Discussion Ground Rules:
Ground rules are where everyone agrees on the rules given and It makes
people less likely to become upset about
Listen to everybody Honor time limits
Participate fully
Be open to new ideas
Turn walkie talkies off
Be addictive not repetitive
No swearing
No phones
Everyone has a chance to speak
No being lazy

12. Interacting with others: The Soler theory
 S: Face squarely; by doing this it shows that a service provider is involved with their client.
Egan states " the bodily direction you adopt shows the message that you are involved
with the client"
 O: Keep an open posture:
 Keeping an open posture means not crossing arms and legs as this sends a message that
you are not involved or really interested in the person talking to you. Egan believed "open
posture is generally seen as non-defensive".
 L: Lean: by leaning forward when a person is talking to you, it shows that you are involved
and listening to what the person has to say.
 E: Use good eye contact-having good eye contact with a client shows that you are
listening and that you are not distracted. It shows you are involved because you are
focusing on the person you are talking to.
 R: Be relaxed: it is important to keep still and not move about when a person is talking to
you.

13. Social Media Group Debate
 1. You must decide upon an opening statement. This
should state your opinion, position and the arguments you
will be proposing.
 Opening statement:
 Social media is a bad because it has a high rate of racism
and discriminating certain people

14. Questioning Your Opponent
2. You should have at least 10 questions that can be asked of your opponent.
These should be on separate sheets of paper or on note cards for easy reference.
The questions should be specifically directed to your opponent and should be
concise and clear.
1. do you think social media is racist and discriminating
2. how long do you think its happening for
3. do you think black people are discriminated more than white people
4. how can we stop it

15. Answering Debate Questions
3. You should have answers prepared which will be used to respond to your
opponent’s questions. Imagine that you are from the other team and determine
what questions may be asked of your team.

16. Conclusion
 4. You should have a final conclusive argument/statement drawn
up which will be proposed at the end of your debate.
 When you have determined who will be responsible for each
portion of your team's debate, it is up to you to prepare yourself for
the challenge that lies ahead. Only one team will win this debate.
The winning team will: Have a solid background regarding all
material. Have plenty of evidence to back up claims. Be
creative/psyche out opponents. Outclass opponents/never give an
answer of "uh...."