SPRING, 2004 COURSE SCHEDULE

(www.Fredonia.edu/department/communication/chilberg)

 

Tuesday

Thursday

 

1/22 Intro to the Course/Syllabus

Lecture: What is Communication?

1/27   Ch 1 The Communication Process

Lecture:  Models of Comm. Process *

Assign: Finding the CAA episode

1/29  Article: Comm., Inherently Strategic, Primarily Automatic (on reserve Reed Lib.) *

Lecture: Communication as Transactional

2/3  TEST 1

Demonstration of Episodes *

Due: Finding the CAA episode

Assign: Comm. Analysis Assignment (CAA I)

2/5  Lecture: Motivators of Communication *

Ch 2 Verbal Communication

2/10   Article: What is Language?

Lecture: Language and Communication

2/12   Ch 3 Nonverbal Communication *

Lecture: Dimensions of NV Communication

Article: Touch, Who Needs It?

2/17   TEST 2

Due: CAA Installment I

Assign: CAA II & Persona Activity

2/19   Ch 4 Listening as Communication

Article: Empathic Listening

Lecture: The Heart of Listening

2/24   Ch 5 Communicating  Interpersonally *

Lecture: Human Action Perspective *

Article: Thought You Said You Loved Me

2/26   TEST 3

Video: She Said, He Said

3/2   Ch 6 Communicating Interculturally

Article: Overcoming the Golden Rule

Video: Electronic Story Teller

3/4   Ch 7 Communicating with Small Groups

Lecture: Effective Meeting Communication

3/9   TEST 4

Questions on CAA II

3/11   Ch 8 Communicating in Organizations

Lecture:  Functions of  Organizational Comm.

Article: Language, Sex, & Power: …

3/16  Lecture: Being in a Video Teleconference

Due: CAA Installment II

Assign: CAA III

3/18  Ch 9 Presenting Oneself Effectively

Lecture: Speaking Conversationally

3/23   Spring Break

3/25   Spring Break

3/30   Ch 10 Influencing Others

Lecture: The Argument

4/1   TEST 5

Solicit Role Play Volunteers

4/6   Article: Communicating at Work

Article: Defensive Communication

Role Plays of Conflict Styles

4/8  Ch 11 Coping with Conflict

Lecture: Anatomy of Conflict Communication

4/13   Ch 12 Overcoming Shyness & Apprehension. Complete questionnaire pp. 330-331 and score it

Lecture: Communication Apprehension

4/15   TEST 6

Demonstrate classifying response/feedback behaviors for CAA III *

4/20   Video: Understanding the Internet

Due: CAA Installment III

4/22   Ch 13 Communicating with Media

Article: Amusing Ourselves to Death

Lecture: Demassification of Media

Video: Rich Media, Poor Democracy

4/27   Ch 14 Understanding Mass Communication

Video: the Killing Screens

4/29   Video: Public Mind: Leading Questions

5/4   Video: Public Mind: Consuming Images

Article: The Make Believe Media

5/6   Article: Ethical Dilemmas of Prosocial TV

Video: Advertising and End of the World

Final Exam: Test 7 5/13, 6:30 pm,  McEwen 202                         * indicates material directly related to CAA