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There are many things to be found on the internet, but how to determine if the information is true and how to convey constructive messages. There is the Toulmin method, the key to arguing and creating persuasive messages. "This method will allow you to analyze the logic of any argument" (Green 283).  Argumentation A complex argument consists of many elements. First, we find a proposition that we want to present. This is what we want the audience to believe. Data, is the evidence for why listeners should believe the claim. It can be statistics, graphs, tables, researches, etc... It forms the foundation for the rest of our argument. Warrant then subsequently links the evidence to the claim. It justifies and explains why the parts are related so the audience can see the connections. Backing provides support for the warrant. It supports its reliability (COMM 211). "A qualifier limits or clarifies the claim" (Green 285). This means that it specifies under what circumstan...

Podcast link:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hgRFtHgcIGqy1tazJwmsl?si=4LvILAn9SCyeTLMXNpb1Tw In December 1992, the first SMS message "Merry Christmas" was sent. More than 30 years! (Vaňková, 2023, 5:06). Online communication and writing messages have changed a lot for us since then. Letters aren't in threes on a phone keyboard, we're not limited to 160 characters, and we have plenty of chat platforms. Online communication has become an essential part of our professional and personal lives. With the development of modern technologies, more and more different types and kinds of online communication and platforms that allow us to communicate with people all over the world have gradually become established. Old phones Online text communication and chatting is now an everyday part of our lives. From the morning "Good morning dear" to the night "Good night love!" Classic letters have become an overcome extremely slow communication, but it carried a l...

The internet or online landscape is a space that is huge for the average user, it is endless, it is ungraspable, and so it can actually hold everything. To top it all, the creator does not see, feel and often cannot even imagine the audience. This environment has made visible everything we never dreamed of before, so we have it as if at our fingertips. Information can go around the world in a second, so it can have the power of a tsunami on public opinion, but it can also become a drop in the ocean in a glut of information. It can create a series of waves or one wave can be covered by another storm. But what is true in nature is also true in this online landscape. Action provokes reaction. Posting Public opinion is nothing more than a mirror image of what is written in a sufficiently large number of media outlets. It is the frequency with which an issue is reported that determines the frequency of coverage, not the accuracy of the information (Krupka 2019). This is actually facilitated...

The online environment is the world in which a business must present itself in these times. The development of social media directly affects the quality of business. On the networks, companies share information, photos, videos or their offers with other people. Thanks to these networks, people can learn something, find what they are missing, they can help each other. It is a virtual space where it is possible to strengthen the efficiency of business in the digital and normal world Škoda logo Škoda Auto a.s. is a company that manufactures cars, it is located in the Czech Republic, but it delivers cars to more than 100 countries around the world. Škoda Auto accounts for more than 10% of the exports of the entire Czech Republic and is an absolutely dominant business with thousands of suppliers from all over the world. The company uses a wide range of online communication. It is present on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, runs several applications (e.g. MyŠkodaApp, ŠkodaClick, et...

The world is evolving and so is technology. The generation of students of the moment were born into this world with technology. They don't even know anything else. Prensky called them digital natives, aka "native speakers of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet" (1). And then there's the rest, Prensky referred to them as digital immigrants, those who were not born into the world of technology but had to adapt (2). These two groups differ in the learning style that benefits them. Immigrants as teachers do not understand their students, digital natives. Immigrants think that students have not changed and learning methods should be retained but "Today's learners are different" (Prensky 3). Digital natives like to multitask, can learn through videos, prefer graphics over text, and like to process information quickly. Immigrants support learning the old fashion way. Lots of textbook text, minimal digital devices, and they believe le...

Through communication, you create interpersonal relationships. However, they grow, develop and disappear. Online communication plays a role in what the relationship looks like and what happens to the relationship.  I have an example of a fading relationship. Unfortunately, it involves me and my sister. I have a younger sister who I used to spend all my time with. As it happens, we've known each other since she was born and it's the most important relationship I have. But as we grow up and each build our own lives, our paths begin to separate. The biggest reason is that I'm studying abroad and I only see her 2 months out of the year. It's not related to us fighting or not being able to stand each other, but more so that we don't spend as much time together as we used to, we don't get to connect with each other as much due to full schedules and time difference. Online communication is the only option in this case to keep the relationship alive. Without it, it coul...