Meets General Education Oral Communication requirement. Empha-sizes techniques of literary analysis and oral presentation as they apply to narrative literature, dramatic literature, and poetry. Media relations, marketing, writing, and ethics will be the focus. Consideration of children and adults as consumers of information and entertainment with a specific focus on violence and gender conditioning. Includes enunciation, pronunciation, volume, tempo, articulation, effective mood changes, voice quality, script reading, and ad-lib announcing.
Commercial production is emphasized.
Practical training in analyzing communication networks and developing basic business communication skills. Identification of communication strategies used in managing conflict situations existing in intrapersonal, small group, organization, religious, and intercultural settings. Topics will vary with offerings. Open to junior and senior communication students who have completed at least four communication courses. Senior Communication majors will prepare a special presentation representative of their work in Communication in consultation with an advisor.