Persuasive speaking, "the act of motivating a listener, through communication, to change a particular belief, attitude, value, or behavior" (Alder, Dupre, & Rodman, p. 373).
Ethical Persuasion: "Persuasion in an audience's best interest that does not depend on false or misleading information to induce change in that audience."
Reference
Adler, R.B., DuPre, A., & Rodman, G. (2020). Understanding human communications (14th ed). Oxford University Press.
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