credibility

Communications

(noun)

The objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message.

Related Terms

  • Audience Analysis
  • Objective
  • subjective
  • ethos
  • pathos
  • persuasion
  • Aristotle
  • Logos
Writing

(noun)

Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

Related Terms

  • Syntax
  • Tone
  • Credibility
  • neutral
  • opposition
  • denotation
  • connotatio
  • Diction
  • common ground
  • straw man
  • concession
  • diction
  • tone
  • syntax
  • connotation

Examples of credibility in the following topics:

  • Defining Credibility

    • What is credibility?
    • Here are some tips for earning credibility on a subjective level:
    • Here are three ways to establish objective credibility:
    • What is credibility?
    • Credibility is personal.
  • Types and Elements of Credibility

    • Experience, training, and associations and connections are all important factors that can boost credibility.
    • What would be the best source of credibility in that situation?
    • If so, mention it during your speech to build your credibility.
    • If you want to be seen as a credible person, align yourself with other credible people.
    • These mountaineers are scaling a sheer cliff in the Rhone-Alps of France, giving them credibility from experience.
  • Build Credibility

    • Aristotle established three methods of proof to build credibility: initial, derived, and terminal.
    • You derive credibility during the speech by what you do.
    • You may have high credibility with one listener or group of listeners and low credibility with another.
    • Trust is an important aspect of credibility.
    • Give examples of ways to build credibility before, during, and after your speech
  • Building Credibility

    • If you want to build credibility with your audience, you must demonstrate that you are a person of character.
    • Personal character is an important addition to the elements of credibility we discussed in the last segment .
    • The building blocks of credibility are: character, trustworthiness, experience, expertise, and associations/connections.
    • List ways to display personal character in order to build credibility with an audience
  • Ethical Usage

    • Credibility appeals, while an effective form of persuasive speaking, carry a unique set of ethical challenges and considerations.
    • Speakers using ethos seek to persuade their audience by demonstrating their own credibility and authority.
    • Obviously, if you elucidate a persuasive portrait of your personal credibility and authority, you make a more persuasive case on the credibility and authority of your words.
    • When it comes to ethical usage of credibility appeals, stick to authenticity and speaking honestly about who you are.
    • Explain the ethical challenges of using credibility appeals in persuasive speaking
  • Establishing Credibility

    • Establishing credibility may seem like a daunting task.
    • Self-presentation is a crucial factor in a public speaker's credibility.
    • You will lose credibility if you dismiss opposing views offhand.
    • She would have lost credibility dressed in a suit.
    • Illustrate how to establish credibility and authority with your audience, even if they start out skeptical
  • Topic Research: Gathering Materials and Evidence

    • If you want to successfully substantiate any claim in your speech, you'll need to make sure you back it up with information from credible sources.
    • Typically, hard, irrefutable facts make for a credible source.
    • In the latter instance, this is considered a primary source of information and can sometimes help point you in the right direction to find other credible sources of information.
    • They can often point you to online journal collections or academic search engines where you can find reliable, credible sources.
    • Plagiarism will only damage your reputation and the credibility and ethics of your speech in addition to potentially causing you to fail a class, lose your job, or worse.
  • Evaluating Sources

    • You must establish your own credibility when writing a scholarly paper.
    • One way to do this is by choosing credible sources.
    • One of the biggest factors they will consider when judging your credibility is what kind of sources you choose.
    • The source's title, summary, and publication timelines are all good indicators of its level of credibility.
    • Has the author used scholarly journals and credible sources?
  • Evaluating Material from the Internet

    • The biggest disadvantage, then, is parsing through the bevy of information to find credible, reliable, accurate information.
    • Sometimes the clue to a website's authenticity and credibility is within the actual website address itself.
    • Reliability and credibility not always guaranteed.
    • Guaranteed to be both accurate and credible.
    • Evaluate online sources to assure that they are credible, reliable, and accurate
  • Entertaining Objections

    • That way, you will have more credibility as you analyze opposing views and make your case.
    • Once you gain credibility with your audience, you must work hard to keep it.
    • The best way to lose credibility is to dismiss objections.
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