During this spring break I read “Labors of the Multitude” in the book Rhetoric For Radicals.  It was a very relatable chapter because it talked about-facing the fears people have with public speaking and ways to improve it, a common fear of mine.  It also focused on methods to make our writing more believable; different than speaking.  Our speaking, wrting or conversations have not been the same as it was in the past because of the one thing our lives are revolved around now, that is technology.  Now a days we barley speak one on one with each other although we use social media as our way to use our voices.  But in the chapter, “public speaking is to facilitate an understanding between the speaker and audience” (40) so how can we do that when we don’t speak.  Social media is changing the way we have conversations and write as teenagers use slang they get off twitter or instagram and use it in today’s conversations.  Also with social media we can speak throughout the world through a screen rather than in front of an audience.  Its teaching teenagers its okay to hide from a rather scary audience.  “Labors of the Multitude” described a four rhetorical approach past activists have used which are; persuasion, argumentation, story telling and invitation.  With persuasion we are cable of changing, shaping and sustaining a persons view into another, one that we want them to believe.   Argumentation is used by stating a claim, providing the evidence and then putting it all together, which will leave people convinced.  We use storytelling to explain the importance of a situation or idea.  The more a person envisions the story the more realistic it is.  Finally there is invitation, a non persuasive approach, but rather letting someone see your view from your perspective and through communication and dialogue.  Now how does media input all these tactics in today’s society?  Well news networks like CNN are very biased and tell a story from only they’re perspective and try to persuade the viewers to think that they’re opinion is right, there’s one way to use tactics.  Then there are some speakers for certain movements that speak to whole crowds on their idea and try to convert that audience.  A challenging situation I have experienced that forced me to respond and analyze a diverse community and audience would have to be in one of my high school football games in the past where my team was losing.  Although it did not involve speaking, it did ask me to perform in front of a huge crowd with pressure on me and have a good return on a kickoff inspiring my teammates.  After all, actions do speak louder than words.