Loudness?

Loudness demonstrates importance! Loudness demonstrates accuracy! Loudness is a mask! Loudness demonstrates weakness!

Are any or all or none of these statements true? Does it seem like LOUDNESS in speech or even the “all-caps” on social media is now “de-rigor”, the norm? What does being loud do for the speaker and for, or to, the listener?

Is being loud a tool for speakers to use to emphasize a point? Does overdoing it undermine the affect? If the speaker is loud, most of the time, does it remove the opportunity to be louder for emphasis?

Quieter? Is that not also a way to provide emphasis? Would it be a logical tool to use for the perennially loud? Does it seem to have become a neglected, if not a mostly unused technique?

Does loudness lend itself more to presentations of personal opinion and less to presentations of ideas for the listener to consider?

Does loudness mask insincerity or even a lack of confidence in what is being said? Does loudness suggest authenticity or the lack of it?

“In most cases, the louder that you’re talking the less that you are saying.”–Craig D. Lounsbrough

Could it be that being LOUD is simply a bombastic approach to persuasion? Could exaggerated loudness be considered a voice disorder?

Are you a loud person? A loud speaker? Do you like listening to those who yell and scream? Is yelling and screaming an effective way to influence you?