Theory, research, and practice of dyadic communication. Includes issues such as compliance gaining, coordinated meaning, personal influence, listening, verbal aggression, and other interpersonal communication factors. COMM 320 Mass Media Theory and Effects. Explores the influences and limitations of the media in American society. Emphasis on theoretical and empirical explanations of both the impact of media on society and of society on the media.
Students design and conduct a media effects research project.
COMM 400 Legal and Ethical Communication. Challenges students to consider the legal and ethical ramifications of various types of communication. Topics include freedom of speech, libel, sedition, obscenity, provocation, hate speech, invasion of privacy, verbal aggression, mass hysteria, and others. COMM 410 Communication Technologies. Theory, research, and practical application of new communication technologies.