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COMM 3110 is also offered in Fall 2024
COMM 3110 is also offered in Spring 2024
COMM 3110 is also offered in Fall 2023
COMM 3110 is also offered in Spring 2023
COMM 3110 is also offered in Fall 2022
COMM 3110 is also offered in Spring 2022
COMM 3110 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2024 | COMM 3110 Section 001: Topics in Communication Studies -- Research Methods in Communication (33173)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 15 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall B29
- Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 34 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cases illustrating communication studies, theory, underlying issues.
- Class Notes:
- This course will introduce students to communication research methods, applications, and issues. The purpose of this class is to show students how to think about research, how to understand its purposes, and how it is used in our social worlds. By the end of the class, you will better understand how research is conducted, how research results are used, and how to interrogate if those results are sound. This course includes a survey of research methods and research design issues relevant to the critical consumption and understanding of communication research. As a starting point, we focus on the ways we know and the assumptions we make about the nature of knowledge and science. We then focus on how research is actually conducted, including methodological and ethical considerations for exploring research questions and testing hypotheses. We then take time to explore various analytical techniques and frame the results of research in context to larger societal concerns.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33173/1249
Fall 2024 | COMM 3110 Section 002: Topics in Communication Studies -- Conceptualizing Culture in Health Contexts (32725)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 15 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall B80
- Enrollment Status:
Open (0 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cases illustrating communication studies, theory, underlying issues.
- Class Notes:
- This course is a thematic course which focuses on in-depth, context-specific, health-related research and theories. We will examine the various themes that are important in health communication, with a particular focus on interpersonal (e.g., social support and uncertainty management), sociocultural (e.g., stigma), and environmental (e.g., free clinics) contexts. In addition, we will examine the different ways cultural concepts can shape our understanding of health behaviors for individuals and for others in our social groups.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32725/1249
Fall 2024 | COMM 3110 Section 003: Topics in Communication Studies -- Rhetoric and the 2024 Presidential Election (33919)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 15 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Ford Hall 150
- Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 35 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cases illustrating communication studies, theory, underlying issues.
- Class Notes:
- The American Presidency is the most visible and powerful communication apparatus within the federal government, and the opportunity to control this apparatus consumers individual candidates, political parties, and myriad interest groups. When the president speaks, the nation watches and listens. The presidential campaign season consumes eighteen months of media attention every four years while presidential inaugurals, announcements, press conferences, and impeachment trials are covered by national news media and viewed by millions of citizens. Tens of millions tune in for presidential debates, and even more when the president speaks after a national tragedy. The rhetorical analysis of presidential (and candidate) rhetoric contributes significantly to the study of the office, inspiring entire books carefully analyzing presidential and campaign rhetoric. The study of presidential rhetoric is particularly salient in what promises to be a highly significant and contentious election cycle, where a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump affords myriad opportunities to assess the central power of the office of American President and engage in historical and comparative study of presidential address. Because presidential communications are recorded and archived, access to this wealth of discursive data provides an opportunity to understand the tools and techniques rhetoric offers to the discipline. Understanding presidential rhetoric contributes directly to civic engagement and awareness. Public policy and media discourse in American society is influenced strongly by the agenda and speeches of the president and presidential candidates. How can citizens become better informed about the nuanced and practiced conventions and expectations facing the presidency? Rhetoric provides one method of analysis for understanding how the peculiar nature of the presidency and presidential campaigns shapes and influences all aspects of American culture. This course will employ a varie
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33919/1249
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