American Debate 2020 (An analysis by Amores)

1. Do you think that Intrapersonal Communication played a role

before the debate? The President did not do the traditional
debate preparation like having mock debates but what he was
doing is answering questions from reporter or from media to test
his attacks on Joe Biden. He was planning to go after Biden
records and history. Biden somehow has a more traditional debate
preparation. Biden has prepared for this moment since 1987 the
first time he ran for president.

2. If you have any suggestion to one of them in relation with

Interpersonal Communication, what would that be and why? I think
Biden standout the most during the debate because he speaks very
professional and he is well prepared to exchange information
against Trump. Both of them had a unique hand signal or non-
verbal cues while speaking.

3. What speech style is widely used in the discussion? Do you

believe it is appropriate? Why or why not? The debate started
off placidly enough, with each candidate delivering a measured,
coherent answer to a question about the vacancy which is very
formal communication style. After five minutes the discussion
started to become inappropriate and very informal, so many
interjections, raised voices, and simultaneous monologues broken
up by brief periods of uninterrupted speech.