Week 3 Assignment: Analyzing Body Language

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
• Lesson 3
• APA style manual
• Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU
• Library Overview
• How to Search for Articles - the Everything Tab

Instructions

Social Movements are only as important as the person leading them. The person(s) leading a social movement must have charisma and be able to captivate an audience. Political scientists and historians are taught to analyze body language, especially during debates and speeches.

For this assignment, you will watch Dr Martin Luther King's ......... speech and a ............ and answer questions listed below. Pay special attention to the following aspects in the two speeches.

• Importance of body language while delivering the speech.
• Gestures, cadence, and delivery style.

Answer the following

• Provide a summary of the two speeches.
• Compare Dr. King's leadership, charisma, power, and passion to capture his audience to Alicia Garza's speech. What are the similarities, if any? What are the differences, if any?
• How does the location of the speeches support their messaging? Dr. King's speech was held in a church and at the Lincoln Memorial, whereas today we have social networking and more avenues to relay messages. Does messaging make a difference?
• Describe how the audience in Dr. King's speeches relate to the Alicia Garza's audience. Do you see a similarity or differences in the speeches and in the audience?

Paper Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 2-3 pages of substantive content
• 12 pt font
• Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
• References page (a minimum of 2 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook and/or the weekly lesson for each course outcome) . At least one of the references should be a state constitution.
• Title and introduction pages are present.

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Introduction

Communication during a speech can lead the way to get the audience’s attention not just with verbal communication but with nonverbal communication as well. Communication is based on nonverbal signs with the speaker such as facial expressions, eye movements, arms moving, moving a paper around in the air, and the way the speaker is standing (Habel, et al., 2012). Non- verbal communication likewise helps in the understanding of others' temperaments and feelings during their speech. The voice of the speaker carries the speech to its point from a low tone to a deep tone, with a low tone the audience might feel more relaxed and not be too into the speech in a deep tone of voice the audience will be alert and into the speech. Speeches can state powerful words and can be a huge impact today that will be later heard of in the future. Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist that spoke during the year 1963 with a speech regarding the freedom of all people. Alicia Garza is a Woman who is social activist that is fighting for African Americans to have their voice heard, and for the rights of domestic workers in the United States. In the next following paragraphs, I will be summarizing both powerful speeches.

Speech Summary

Dr. Martin Luther King's speech opens by reminding thousands of Americans in August of 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. it had been longer than a century since the Liberation Decree was endorsed into law, (Rare Facts, 2017). He made an inspirational and powerful speech with the words “I have a Dream” where he expresses the justice and freedom everyone deserves………........ Continue