Discussions of research ethics, publication review process, and other related topics are also included. While it was once assumed that interpersonal, group, and international conflict were unrelated topics, that assumption is being challenged today. This course analyzes talk in conflict in a number of direct and mediated situations, focusing on the relations between social structures and communication, communication or language theories we may derive from the study of conflict talk and the application of interaction and language theories to the study of conflict. This course provides an understanding of current theory and research in various areas of nonverbal communication, e.g., involvement and intimacy, gender, touch, space, environment, nonverbal behavior in children, appearance, and lying. Topics include role of mass media, corporate influence, and democratic political process on public deliberation and community life.
Course requires two short papers, one in-class report, and a final seminar paper.
This course surveys a wide range of organizational issues that pertain most directly to the individual experience or dyadic interaction in the organizational context, i.e., the intrapersonal and interpersonal levels. Examples of such micro-topics include socialization, information processing, identification, leadership, participation, message functions, power and influence, conflict, satisfaction, motivation, feedback, and burnout. For each topic the role of communication is emphasized. The course also includes a brief introduction to the history, theories, and paradigms that guide organizational communication research in this area. This course introduces students to fundamental issues in the risk communication literature.