manipulation

(noun)

The usage of psychological influence over a person or situation to gain a positive outcome.

Related Terms

  • ethics
  • ethos

Examples of manipulation in the following topics:

  • Ethical Usage

    • When you make emotional appeals avoid unethical tactics, such as exploitative manipulation.
    • This emotional appeal may persuade audience members to vote for you or your candidate, but it may also be unethical or considered manipulative if the audience members do not have a chance to rationally process the message before the vote takes place.
    • In order to ethically portray an emotional appeal, be sure to avoid these inappropriate uses and manipulative techniques for emotional appeals.
    • Emotional appeals can be effective if they are not manipulative and are used to further an honest message.
    • List the types of manipulative techniques used to emotionally appeal to audiences
  • Employ Empathy and Sensitivity

    • Audiences can tell the difference between an honest emotional appeal and an attempt is to manipulate how they feel.
    • Audiences loathe feeling manipulated, so an audience that senses inauthentic motives will strongly reject both the appeal and the speaker.
  • Other Presentation Software Options

  • Eye Contact and Facial Expression

    • This versatility makes non-verbal facial expressions extremely efficient and honest (unless deliberately manipulated).
  • Defining Emotional Appeal

    • An emotional appeal is directed to sway an audience member's emotions and uses the manipulation of the recipient's emotions rather than valid logic to win an argument.
  • An Overview of PowerPoint

    • It typically includes three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images, and a slide-show system to display the content.
  • Deploying a Rational Appeal

    • Arguments from reason (logical arguments) have some advantages, namely that data are (ostensibly) difficult to manipulate, so it is harder to argue against such an argument; and such arguments make the speaker look prepared and knowledgeable to the audience, enhancing ethos.
  • Body

    • This is not to say that you should manipulate your data; rather, present only the information that your audience needs to see and hear to support whatever argument you are trying to make.
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