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Communication And Aging (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill
Communication And Aging (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill
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A survey of the research in key areas related to aging and communication. Course introduces central theories of communication and aging and approaches to studying intergenerational communication. Communication’s influence on societal attitudes about aging and intergenerational communication, and the impact of communication on issues of independence, wellbeing, healthcare, close personal relationships, decision-making, and other communicative contexts related to aging will be examined.
Communication In Families, Elizabeth Gill
Communication In Families, Elizabeth Gill
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This course provides an examination of communicative structure,function, and process among family members. The family system as a whole and major subsystems(parent-child, siblings, spouses) are explored. Emphasis is on the role ofcommunication in the construction, maintenance, and change of family relationshipsthroughout the family lifecycle.
Communication & Popular Culture, Marita Gronnvoll
Communication & Popular Culture, Marita Gronnvoll
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This course examines popular culture and the emergence of mass culture in the United States. Itstarts from the premise that popular culture, far from being a frivolous or debased alternative to“high culture”, is in fact an important site of popular expression, social instruction, and culturalconflict, and thus deserves critical attention. We examine theoretical texts that help us to “read”popular culture, even as we study specific forms and artifacts of popular culture: from televisionshows to Hollywood movies, graphic novels to advertisements, and popular music to fiction.Throughout the course, we ground what we call “culture” in political, economic, and socialcontexts. We pay …
Introduction To Speech Communication, Sara Gronstal
Introduction To Speech Communication, Sara Gronstal
Syllabi
This course focuses on the fundamental principles of selecting, analyzing,evaluating, organizing, developing, and communicating information, evidence, and points ofview orally. The course includes instruction in techniques of listening and informative,persuasive, and reactive speaking.
Techniques For Tas In Speech, Richard Jones
Techniques For Tas In Speech, Richard Jones
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Supervised experience for graduate teaching assistants in Communication Studies. Must betaken for both Fall and Spring semesters and may not be applied toward the degree in CommunicationStudies.
Argumentation And Critical Thinking, Ryan Mcdaniel
Argumentation And Critical Thinking, Ryan Mcdaniel
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This class will study how to build, critique, and adapt arguments within a climate ofdisagreement. You will practice gathering and evaluating evidence, selection andevaluation of reasoning, and the production, criticism and refinement of both oral andwritten arguments.
Topics In Media History, Jeffrey Owens
Topics In Media History, Jeffrey Owens
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Topics in Media History provides an in-depth study of the history of one particular medium (e.g. film, radio, television, or the internet). It will cover the development of media technology, the structure of media institutions and their regulation, and the social and cultural significance of these media. This class is repeatable with change in topic.
Introduction To Speech Communication, W. Robinson
Introduction To Speech Communication, W. Robinson
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This course focuses on the fundamental principles of selecting, analyzing,evaluating, organizing, developing, and communicating information, evidence, and points ofview orally. The course includes instruction in techniques of listening and informative,persuasive, and reactive speaking.
Introduction To Organizational Communication, Samantha Szczur
Introduction To Organizational Communication, Samantha Szczur
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This course includes basic theories, structures and functions of communication in business and professional settings. It also includes effective leadership, decision-‐‑making, and management of communication techniques.
Small Group Communication, Samantha Szczur
Small Group Communication, Samantha Szczur
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This course covers the definition, structure, and functions of small groups. It examines theories and processes of communication that occur in formal and informal groups in professional, civic, and other contexts. Special attention is paid to the ways in which communication in small groups relates to critical and analytical thinking in small group decision making and problem solving, diversity in small groups, roles and leadership in small groups, and oral presentations in small groups.
Media Criticism, Scott Walus
Media Criticism, Scott Walus
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This course is an overview to studying media content, producers, and audiences. This empirical andcritical overview maps the current state of mass communication and media studies research through boththeoretical and applied pieces. Specifically it provides the foundations to entering a conversation on mediastudies, the methodology and theory behind producer studies, various theoretical approaches to textualanalysis, and approaching audience and reception studies.
Production I, Scott Walus
Production I, Scott Walus
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This production-centered course teaches the foundational elements of visual storytelling through video,television, and film. These foundational elements include narrative construction, visual composition,genre aesthetics, visual brand development, characterization, and non-linear editing in order tocommunicate a unified message through video, audio, and graphics.
Communication And Conflict Management (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill
Communication And Conflict Management (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill
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This course examines the nature of interpersonal conflict, its causes and consequences. The focus is on application of communication theories and research that illuminate why people behave as they do in conflict. The course also focuses on how to effectively manage conflicts and improve interpersonal communication quality.
Communication In Health Professions (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill
Communication In Health Professions (Online Course), Elizabeth Gill
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A study of the role communication plays in health professions. The course focuses on the impact of communication on patient-provider interactions and health-related outcomes. Communication skill development and communicative best practices for a variety of healthcare providers are emphasized.
Introduction To Public Relations, Michael Gill
Introduction To Public Relations, Michael Gill
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This course surveys the history, growth and practice of public relations while also addressing major contemporary issues facing practitioners today. It introduces students to the basic concepts and principles of the practice, focusing on approaches, uses, tools, and methods. The course provides students with the foundation necessary to be successful in the field and understand current trends in the profession and academic discipline.
Persuasion, Marita Gronnvoll
Persuasion, Marita Gronnvoll
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This class will study symbolic communication intended to influence beliefs, attitudes, values, andbehaviors. The course will focus on the critical assessment of persuasive messages, with additionalattention to the theories and research behind persuasive message construction.
Political Communication, Marita Gronnvoll
Political Communication, Marita Gronnvoll
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The purpose of this course is to explore various aspects of political communication in the UnitedStates. Our first topic will be presidential rhetoric and the rhetorical presidency. As we explorethis topic, we will investigate the historical development of presidential communication and themajor genres which help shape and structure that communication. Our second topic will bepolitical campaigns and the evolution of the “long campaign,” particularly its inescapableconnection to mass media. Our third topic will be grassroots and resistance politicalcommunication. Here, our focus will be on the nontraditional approaches taken by ordinarycitizens and citizen groups as they strive to have their voices …
Introduction To Communication Theories, Richard Jones
Introduction To Communication Theories, Richard Jones
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How does communication work? Why does communication work thatway? Scholars in communication studies begin to answer these questions through the applicationof communication theory. This course serves as an introduction to a broad range ofcommunication theories related to interpersonal, group and public, intercultural, media, gender,and organizational communication. This core course is required for communication majorsbecause it serves as a building block for upper level communication courses that depend upon aworking knowledge of communication theories and processes. This course serves as part of youroverall training as a communication scholar/professional in regards to critical thinking, analyticthinking, critical reading, and listening skills. In this …
Introduction To Speech Communication, Richard Jones
Introduction To Speech Communication, Richard Jones
Syllabi
This course focuses on the fundamental principles of selecting, analyzing,evaluating, organizing, developing, and communicating information, evidence, and points ofview orally. The course includes instruction in techniques of listening and informative,persuasive, and reactive speaking.
Introduction To Speech Communication, Rodney Marshall
Introduction To Speech Communication, Rodney Marshall
Syllabi
This course focuses on the fundamental principles of selecting, analyzing,evaluating, organizing, developing, and communicating information, evidence, and points ofview orally. The course includes instruction in techniques of listening and informative,persuasive, and reactive speaking.
Introduction To Speech Communication, Ryan Mcdaniel
Introduction To Speech Communication, Ryan Mcdaniel
Syllabi
This course focuses on the fundamental principles of selecting, analyzing, evaluating,organizing, developing, and communicating information, evidence, and points of vieworally. The course includes instruction in techniques of listening and informative,persuasive, and reactive speaking.
Communication Research, W. Robinson
Communication Research, W. Robinson
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How do you find answers to questions you have? How do you ask the“right” questions? How do you solve problems and puzzles related to information retrieval,processing, and organization? How do you synthesize in writing the information you find?These are all important questions that this course will help you address. Developing a strongunderstanding of and ability to use research methods is a practical and important skill forstudents of communication studies to use in other college classes, internships, future careers,and graduate school education.
Communication Theory, W. Robinson
Communication Theory, W. Robinson
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A survey of communication theories in rhetorical, public, interpersonal,organizational, and mediated contexts.
Interviewing, W. Robinson
Interviewing, W. Robinson
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This course will provide the opportunity to clarify, illustrate, expand andupdate concepts, principles and research in the field of interviewing by reading, discussing andpractice/application. We will look at the importance of, types of, and purposes of interviewing.Hopefully, together, we will experience a practical course that does not simply ask students tolearn how-to performance skills; but also starts them thinking about the process and demonstratesthe relevance of interviewing for daily life (WI).
Case Studies In Organizational Communication, Samantha Szczur
Case Studies In Organizational Communication, Samantha Szczur
Syllabi
This course examines key issues inOrganizational Communication through an analysis of case studies. Students will apply various theories of Organizational Communication to real-‐‑life (or real-‐‑life inspired) cases from contemporary organizational settings.
Social Interaction, Samantha Szczur
Social Interaction, Samantha Szczur
Syllabi
Human beings employ an array of communicative symbols to craft selves, identities, groups, and reality more generally. This graduate seminar is dedicated to examining the myriad ways humans create and negotiate realities and identities through social interaction. As such, we will attend to the individual, groups, cultures, larger social formations, and the inter-relationships among these arenas. Studies of social interaction are interdisciplinary and emerge from an array of research methodologies. Consequently, our readings reflect a diversity of perspectives on disciplinary and methodological levels.
Advanced Public Relations Writing And Production, Rashmi Thapaliya
Advanced Public Relations Writing And Production, Rashmi Thapaliya
Syllabi
This class focuses on the strategic management of multipleorganizational communication channels and the production of written content acrossdifferent platforms. Students learn how to manage, produce, and coordinate writtencontent and how to engage internal and external stakeholders using a variety ofcommunication channels (off- and online) available to non- and for-profit organizations.
Principles And Practices Of Public Relations Campaigns, Rashmi Thapaliya
Principles And Practices Of Public Relations Campaigns, Rashmi Thapaliya
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This course examines the methods and approaches to planning,pitching, and implementing public relations campaigns. It introduces students to astakeholder approach to developing campaign strategy including preparing a projectproposal, managing a campaign, and evaluating a campaign’s success. The techniquesaddressed in this course are applicable to diverse clients and build on prior knowledge ofpublic relations writing.
Television Criticism, Scott Walus
Television Criticism, Scott Walus
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Television remains the greatest shared cultural force for explaining the world and providing possibilitiesfor living in that world. The average household spends 59.5 hours a week watching televisual content.From early childhood through old age viewers connect with characters who they will never meet andinvest deeply into a narrative that will never end. This course takes an in-depth examination into howtelevision keeps us watching and the complex meanings present in even the most innocuous programming.
Television & Video Development, Scott Walus
Television & Video Development, Scott Walus
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This course focuses on the development process of both the creation of television and video content aswell as that of the individual producer. Students will learn about the industry, future careers, the resourcesand opportunities available at EIU, pre-production formats (scripts, storyboard, pitches), the narrativestructure, logistics, and types of productions. This course prepares students for navigating productions, amajor or minor in media, and their profession after graduation.