What do writing in a diary, watching television, talking with friends, speaking on the telephone, and reading a menu have in common? They are all forms of communication. It has been estimated that people spend more time communicating than they spend in any other complex activity in life. Even so, communication is a word that most people have difficulty defining and talking about. The word communication may be used to identify activities that do not …showed first 75 words of 1961 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1961 total…struggle of black Americans for social equality. By knowing the deeply felt values of his audience, reinforcing them through his own credibility as a speaker, and identifying the dream of civil rights with those values, King delivered one of the most effective speeches in American history and society. In addition, symbolic speech can be powerful in very personal ways. For example, the relationship between symbolic speech and the power of the institutions over the individual.