Tentative Schedule and Course Outline
Discussion Topic
1
Launching your study and talk about theory
2
Standards for evaluation of theory and communication traditions
3
Interpersonal Messages (verbal & nonverbal): symbolic interactionism,
coordinated management of meaning (CMM), & expectancy violation
theory (EVT)
Chapters 5-7
D3.1, D3.2, & D3.3
4
Cognitive Processing & Constructivism
Ch. 8 & take Test #2 (over chapters 5-8)
before midnight on Sunday
D4.1, D4.2, & D4.3
5a
Relationship Development: social penetration theory, uncertainty
reduction theory, social information processing theory
chapters 9-11
D5.1, D5.2, D5.3,
5b
Relationship Maintenance: relational dialectics, communication privacy
management theory, Interactional view
Chapters 12-1416 & take
Test #3 (over chapters 9-14) before
midnight on Sunday
D5.4, D5.5, & D5.6
6
Theories of influence, Buber & Nilsen: social judgment theory,
elaboration likelihood model, cognitive dissonance theory
Chapters 15-17
D6.1, D6.2, & D6.3
7
Group Decision Making: functional perspective & adaptive structuration
theory
Chapters 18-19
D7.1, & D7.2
8
Organizational Communication: cultural approach, & critical theory
Chapters 20-21 & take Test #4 (over
chapters 15-21) before midnight on Sun.
D8.1 & D8.2
9
10
11
12
13
14
Reading & Test Assignment
Discussion
Assignments
Unit
“Introduction” & chapters 1-2,
Take Syllabus Test
Chs. 3-4 & take Test #1 (over chs. 1-4)
before midnight on Sun.
Reflection Week
Rhetoric of Aristotle, dramatism, & narrative paradigm
D1.1
D2.1, D2.2, & D2.3
D9.1
Chapters 22-24
Mass Communication Part I—Media & Culture: media ecology,
Chapters 25-27 & take Test #5 (over
semiotics & cultural studies
chapters 22-27) before midnight on Sun.
Mass Comm Part II—Media Effects:
Chapters 28-30
Uses and Gratifications, cultivation theory, & agenda-setting
Intercultural Communication: communication accommodation theory,
Chs 31-33 &Take Test #6 (over chs 28face-negotiation theory, & speech codes theory
33) before midnight on Sun.
Gender & Communication: genderlect styles, standpoint theory, &
Chapters 34-36
muted group theory
Complete Final Exam covering Chapters 5-32 by midnight on Sunday, April 29, 2012
D10.1, D10.2, & D10.3
D11.1, D11.2, & D11.3
D12.1, D12.2, & D12.3
D13.1, D13.2, & D13.3
D14.1, D14.2, & D14.3