Week 7 - Discussion - Research Podcast

The Rhubarb People's Collective and why you care what they think

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The use of good grammar goes a long way in personal and professional communications.  In the podcast titled "Make a Good Impression in Writing Online", Stever Robbins (2029) gives an example of someone posting "i love rhubarb cupcake" online.  He tells the tale of how a  fictitious representative from The People's Rhubarb Collective reads this comment and interprets it to mean that the writer intends on butchering a poor rhubarb and making it into cupcake!  Then a chain of events could have happened where the author needed to go into the rhubarb protection program.  What the author may have meant was "I love rhubarb, cupcake." instead.  Without proper grammar the intended meaning can get lost in translation. 

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Writing content for online requires strong grammar and structure.  Because it is a lean communication channel the reader needs to be able to decode the writers encoded message easily.  Between the source/author and the receiver/reader is "noise, which is anything that interferes with a receiver's ability to attend to your message" (Green, 2021, p.9).  Some ways to cut down on the noise on the authors end are to be sure your spelling and punctuation are correct.  Be sure to pay attention to your grammar as well.  "Grammar includes the words you choose, how you use phrases and clauses, and how you order your words within a sentence" (Robbins, 2019).  This can aid in reducing the noise of your written word for your audience.  You cannot eliminate or anticipate every possible challenge your reader may experience on their end, but you can do a lot by keeping the message as clear and concise on your end.


References

Green, J. M. (2021). Communicating online. McGraw Hill Education Create.

Robbins, S. (Host). (2019, August 27). Use online nonverbal communication (No. 562) [Audio podcast episode]. In Modern Mentor. Macmillan Holdings, LLC. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modern-mentor/id268557178?i=1000447891297

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