Business Communication Assignment
Question # 47806 | Communications | 2 years ago |
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As your textbook points out, using expert material in your writing can enhance your credibility. There are a number of ethical and practical issues you need to pay attention to when using someone else’s thoughts or words, however. This activity will give you practice with in-text citation, i.e., a method we use to show our readers where outside information came from.
Part 2: Paraphrasing a quote from this article:
Paraphrase the direct quote used in the worksheet, by applying the third strategy mentioned in the video.
Research Activity
Part 1: Citing a quote
In the paragraph below, I give you a topic sentence and a concluding sentence in boldface type. Between those two sentences, your task is to include a direct quote from the emoji source I give you below. Using the information from the videos, correctly incorporate that quote into a sentence and correctly cite it with an in-text citation in APA format.
Are emojis appropriate in business communication? Professionals disagree. [Here is where you insert a direct quote from this emoji source I linked in the unit. Be sure to incorporate it correctly into a sentence and cite it using an in-text citation!] Therefore, employees should be aware that using emojis in professional communication can be controversial.
Part 2: Paraphrasing a quote
In the text from above, I quoted directly from this source (underlined):
Are emojis appropriate in business communication? Professionals disagree. Current research suggests that “emojis can help in clarifying the tone of the conversation and make it interesting but excessive and inappropriate use of it can bring a negative impact on the conversation” (DigitalInn, 2019). Therefore, employees should be aware that using emojis in professional communication can be controversial.
Because we should have only a few crucial direct quotations in a paper, paraphrase that direct quote instead, using the third strategy mentioned in the video. Type your paraphrase into the text box below:
Are emojis appropriate in business communication? Professionals disagree. Current research suggests that [type your paraphrase here] (DigitalInn, 2019). Therefore, employees should be aware that using emojis in professional communication can be controversial.