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CSP Library   COM 443 Persuasive Communication: Supplementary Web Resources

The purpose of this guide is to help with research related to communications, particularly as related to persuasive speech

Apply the CRAAP Test

Check these aspects of a Web site before using it as a source:

Currency: Was it published recently?
Relevancy: Does it answer part of your research question?
Authority: Can you trust the author's opinion based on their credentials?
Accuracy: Can the claims be confirmed or supported by other research?
Purpose: Was it created in order to research or educate?

If you can answer "no" to any of these questions, your Web site failed the CRAAP test.

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Web resources

American rhetoric
 
Center for Nonverbal Studies
 
Free Information Society
Contains audio of a number of well-known and famous speeches.
 
Presidential Speech Archive
From the Scripp's Library at the University of Virginia. "These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in audio or video."
 

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Subjects: Communication