Category: Communications&Media

What was it about the course experience and material that influenced my thinking and behavior?Why was this course so impactful?

Tell Your Communication Story

Outline the strengths and weaknesses of your communication

Compare thinking and behavior with the competent communicator outline

Examine the effectiveness of my communication regarding interpersonal contexts. e.g., my ability to articulate my thoughts and ideas, my listening behavior, my ability to receive and apply feedback, my conflict management skills, respecting boundaries, etc.

Examine the effectiveness of my communication regarding professional contexts e.g., how well perform in small groups, my public speaking skills, presenting in meetings, my overall professional demeanor, etc.

What communication habits have adopted?

What data can  provide which supports my effective and/or ineffective communication behavior? Cite the textbook, articles, and lecture.

Reflect on the most impactful course have taken as a communication scholar (be sure to only reference a communication course).

Why was this course so impactful?

What was it about the course experience and material that influenced my thinking and behavior?

How am forever changed by this educational experience? Be specific, and cite accordingly.

Identify a theory that has shifted my thinking as a communicator, helped me better understand the communication process, or has greatly impacted my understanding of human communication behavior.

Briefly outline this theory, pointing to 2 or 3 relevant concepts that helped to illuminate this theory (be sure to define them and cite them accordingly expand on how they have impacted your thinking or behavior).

Select three peer-reviewed research articles published in the last 5-7 years that use this theory as a lens for research; one article should have an interpersonal.

What have you learned about yourself and others?

What have been the best and the most challenging parts?

What facilitates effective online collaboration and innovation? You should illustrate your answer with discussion of at least two of the nine examples from Module 2. You should also use one or more of the theories of online collaboration and innovat

What facilitates effective online collaboration and innovation? You should illustrate your answer with discussion of at least two of the nine examples from Module 2.

What do you feel is the role of newspapers in shaping our society?How does a newspaper’s writing style influence their readers (give examples)?

Based upon your reading of U of Minn (2016), Chapter 4, submit a scholarly paper answering the questions below. Include your name at the upper right of the Word document.

Given the history of newspapers, what do you think is the future for newspapers?

How does a newspaper’s writing style influence their readers (give examples)?

What do you feel is the role of newspapers in shaping our society?

What hegemonic, or mainstream, ideologies do you see being portrayed or implied? In other words, do you see some cultural or social assumptions that we have adopted as “common sense” being reinforced in this episode?

Black Mirror Content Analysis

What kind of world view could potentially manifest from viewing this type of content?

What “bricks” of information are you being given to cultivate that world view? What does this episode suggest to you about our behavior and/or societal norms?

Let’s incorporate some frame setting into the conversation. What is the core theme/issue of this episode, and what are the implications of that theme/issue? What do you think is the cause of the issue?

Can you identify the application of social capital in this episode? How so? Is Lacie more about bridging or bonding social capital? How so?

What hegemonic, or mainstream, ideologies do you see being portrayed or implied? In other words, do you see some cultural or social assumptions that we have adopted as “common sense” being reinforced in this episode?

Did you experience resonance during this episode? If so, how? If not, why not?

 Nonverbal communication in patient/provider care: Does it impact quality of care?

Effective communication vs. miscommunication in social media and tips for positive interpersonal interactions

Nonverbal communication in patient/provider care: Does it impact quality of care?

Share advice on any class topic with future classmates who will be taking our 1310 course.

How can these serve, as Kenneth Burke put it, as “equipment for living” (304) when, on any kind of linguistic, literal, expositional, or ref-erential level, they are not about any-one’s life? How can such texts impart or invoke values through nonlinguistic means?

Ideology

How do homologies work in film to teach audiences values with rhetorical
effect?How, then, do films engage values?

What is the use of such a claim? Doesn’t the appro-priation of the form of religious prepara-tion and entrance into a temple help to validate airport security measures and to reinforce values of authority and sub-mission?

How can these serve, as Kenneth Burke put it, as “equipment
for living” (304) when, on any kind of linguistic, literal, expositional, or ref-erential level, they are not about any-one’s life? How can such texts impart or invoke values through nonlinguistic means?

What relevant information do these sources contain about your topic’s historical record? How does this scholarship support your contention that these facts qualify as fun facts?

Fun Facts Research and Prep – TOPIC – PAGERS/BEEPERS

Create a list of eight fun facts you have uncovered in your research so far. Why are these particular facts significant? How do they challenge and expand our existing assumptions about communications technologies? What new or alternative perspective do they offer to our usual ways of thinking about this technology, and about history?

Identify the sources of each of your facts. Provide a comprehensive reference list of at least six relevant scholarly sources. In your discussion, address how these sources inform your analysis:

What relevant information do these sources contain about your topic’s historical record? How does this scholarship support your contention that these facts qualify as fun facts?

Find three relevant podcast examples and assess how they try to keep their audience interested. Which strategies stand out to you as especially engaging, and why? Are there moments you find less compelling? What approach(es) do you think will suit your personal style, and what other strategies do you have in mind for making your own podcast stand out?