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Lawson, Harold L.; Skaggs, Edward C. – 1994
Keeping debate communicative is a great and recurring concern. A study investigated whether debate format may influence debaters' communicative behavior, by comparing behavior in Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) Lincoln-Douglas debate (LD) and in CEDA Team debate. Videotapes of the two first affirmative speeches of each, at the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Higher Education
Judges as the Centrality of Forensics: An Examination of Norms & Training in Forensics Adjudication.
Jensen, Gina – 1997
A pilot study analyzed oral interpretation ballots collected at two college forensics tournaments to determine the average number and classifications of comments on the ballots. A total of 1,737 comments from 304 ballots of oral interpretation events (prose, poetry, program, duo, and dramatic) were analyzed. Results indicated a mean of 5.71…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Higher Education

Madsen, Arnie – Argumentation and Advocacy, 1989
Discusses the trend in academic debate on policy questions toward a wide acceptance of counterplans, encouraging combinations of proposals which appear at face value able to coexist but upon deeper analysis are incompatible. Argues in opposition to this trend by applying concepts from general systems theory to competition. (KEH)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Competition, Debate, Debate Format

Colbert, Kent R. – Communication Education, 1993
Finds that students with participation experience in competitive debate differ from those prior to such experience in the level of argumentativeness (ARG) and verbal aggression (VA). Reveals that policy and nonpolicy formats of debate, and male and female participants, differ significantly in levels of ARG and VA. (SR)
Descriptors: Aggression, Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format
Dunbar, Norah E. – 1995
A pilot study examined whether a relational control model can be used to evaluate cross examination in academic debate. Four cross examination periods in the 1994 Cross Examination Debate Association Nationals final round were videotaped, transcribed, and coded (using the Relational Communication Control Coding Scheme). Results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Discourse Analysis
Sheffield, William T. – 1992
A descriptive study analyzed the contention that an artificial dichotomy exists between policy and non-policy debate. A 20-item survey instrument was constructed to address several relevant issues: the role of solvency in CEDA (Cross Examination Debate Association) debate; the nature of CEDA resolutions; and judging in CEDA. A total of 93 surveys…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format
Mills, Daniel; Gaer, David C. – 1992
A study examined introductions used in competitive oral interpretation events. A total of 97 introductions (from four oral interpretation events at a nationally recognized Midwestern intercollegiate forensic tournament) were analyzed using four categories: Descriptive, Simple Theme, Descriptive and Simple Theme, and Argumentative Theme. Results…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Higher Education
Cronn-Mills, Daniel; Cook, Jeff – 1995
A study examined the beliefs and attitudes of students, coaches, and judges on the use of manuscripts at the college level in oral interpretation events (prose, drama, program oral interpretation, dramatic duo, and poetry). Survey data were collected from students, coach-judges, and hired judges participating in a Midwestern forensics tournament…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Higher Education
Dudczak, Craig A.; Day, Donald L. – 1989
A study was conducted to develop a taxonomy of decision criteria employed by Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debate critics. Four hypothesis characteristics were tested: (1) audience-centered critics would have a higher proportion of presentational remarks than analytic-centered critics; (2) audience-centered critics would devote a…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Correlation, Debate, Debate Format
Cronn-Mills, Daniel; Schnoor, Larry G. – 2000
A study investigated the use of source citations and evidence in the final round of Informative Speaking at the 1998 American Forensic Association-National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET). The "AFA Code of Forensics Program and Forensics Tournament Standards for College and Universities" was the framework for the analysis.…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format
Herbeck, Dale A. – 1989
Michael Dukakis lost the presidential campaign debates of 1988 (or at least failed to capitalize as much as he might have) because he understood the debates to be genuine debates. Consequently, Dukakis acted as a debater generating an image of himself as a "benevolent technocrat," which was an error. It must be pointed out that the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Mass Media Role

Carlin, Diana Prentice; And Others – Argumentation and Advocacy, 1991
Examines the level of clash in the 1988 presidential debates through use of content analysis. Compares the findings regarding clash in 1988 with those from past decades. Concludes that criticisms of debates are overstated and that clash is a product of format as well as other factors. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Content Analysis

Carlin, Diana B.; Bicak, Peter J. – Argumentation and Advocacy, 1993
Describes why televised vice presidential debates are worthy of more sustained study. Identifies five purposes of vice presidential debates. Examines critically the 1992 vice presidential debate in light of these purposes. Considers the debate format's effects and the argument strategies of the participants. (HB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Debate, Debate Format, Discourse Analysis