Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach (6th Edition)

by Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe

The unique, audience-centered approach of this top-selling text emphasizes that success in public speaking depends on how listeners interpret the message. Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach brings theory and practice together in an understandable and applicable manner. Its distinctive and popular approach emphasizes the importance of analyzing and considering the audience at every point along the way, with marginal icons highlighting audience-related discussions. This model of public speaking serves as a foundation as the text guides students through the step-by-step process of public speaking, focuses their attention on the importance and dynamics of diverse audiences, and narrows the gap between the classroom and the real world.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction

494 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ietrio]

A very low quality text book that is made to look useful. Along the way you will find out what Woodrow Wilson said about X and that you have to be prepared before doing something. Stock photograph and dated graphics. Compared with what Google can offer, this is some hundred steps back from the goal of Public Speaking.

[Allison]

My professor had us read this ENTIRE textbook, so I'll be damned if I don't count it towards my books read this year!

[Grace]

Had to read for an online college course. It was good enough, it just went into too much detail sometimes.

[Salimah]

This loose-leaf tome provided a detailed structure on how to effectively give public speeches. Beebe mainly focused on the immense importance of being audience-centered.

[Robert]

Read for public speaking. Heavy leftward slant. Let's see how unparanoid Alex Jones's claims are in the near future.

[Indira Wolf]

Yay! I'm practically almost done with my speech class. I'm marking its book as read, cause I ain't ever gonna refer to it again. I hope.