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 * Hayes-Article Report1**

Frey, Lawrence R. "What a Difference More Difference-Making Communication Scholarship Might Make: Making a Difference From and Through Communication Research." //Journal of Applied Communication Research//. 37.2 (2009): 205-214. Print.
 * Title:** “What a Difference More Difference-Making Communication Scholarship Might Make: Making a Difference From and Through Communication Research”
 * Author:** Lawrence R. Frey
 * Publication:** Journal of Applied Communication Research Vol. 37, No. 2, May 2009, pp. 205-214
 * Report:** Author Lawrence R. Frey begins by discussing how nearly 40 years ago the idea of communication being essential to “creating and sustaining (and ending) high-quality interpersonal relationships seemed to be a radical idea.” (Frey 205-206). The author goes on to explain and argue that today communications scholarship and communication research is just as important as scholarship and research in any other content area. Frey argues that teaching is the “primary translational practice that has the most impact (for communication),” that knowledge of the subject leads to its everyday usage whether it’s in relationships or the workplace, and communication scholars have become some of the most influential people in the world which then leads to ideas and practices being transferred thoroughly and efficiently (Frey 207-208). What future teachers need to understand is that they need to be competent (use the effective and appropriate rhetorical means) communicators in order to reach their pupils and at the same time they need to instill that idea into their students by example and through teaching communication so that their students can convey their messages in the most efficient way whether it be inside or outside of the classroom. The message Frey is trying to convey is that nearly 40 years ago communication wasn’t important to teach and it wasn’t thought of as important for interpersonal relationships and yet today we still only put emphasis on the basics, we continue to live in the past and choose not to move forward by educating others on communication and enhancing their communication skills.

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