The Dannis B. Eaton Speech Competition is an annual event held by the Fundamentals of Speech Program in the School of Communication and Media. Each fall we invite the campus to address a topic that asks all Montclair State students to ponder current events, and propose visions and solutions to the problems and questions that are confronting our society today. The topic for the 2024 competition is My Phone.
The competition speeches can be informative or persuasive and should be 6-8 minutes in length.
The topic of “my phone” should be addressed in some way. Some possible speech topics to consider:
The beneficial ways phones have transformed society
The harmful ways phones have transformed society
Phones and the spread of (mis)information
Do phones make us lonelier or more connected?
Fandoms and parasocial relationships
Social media’s impact on our lives
Cancel Culture
Media consumption (habits and effects)