As they learn the process of criticism, students are also provided with a survey of significant communication events that have had a lasting impact on American culture. Enhancing the student's working knowledge of the dynamics of communication with the intent of building a high degree of language skill. Emphasis is placed upon clarity, interest, concreteness, as well as other style variables. Students write, polish, and deliver informative and persuasive messages. AND THE ARTS Exploration into the study of communication aesthetics.
Course includes some discussion of interpretive methods.
Various aesthetic mediums are considered. Both intrapersonal and interpersonal communication are stressed. A study of the relationship of proxemics, kinesics, chronemics, and haptics to the total human communication process. Students will analyze case studies, study relevant literature, engage in class discussion, and examine video and popular film, in order to understand the fundamental ethical elements in human and mediated communication. The impact of honest versus deceptive communication on the individual and society is evaluated.