ONGOING UPDATES. Grading/points details to be determined on a per case basus-- each paper roughly equal to an online quiz. Also suitable for use as a Project #7 topic. <If interested, discuss possibilities & submission deadlines with Professor>
~~COMMUNICATION DYNAMICS IN THE WORLD AROUND US ~~ (can also be used as Extra Credit Opportunities)
This is an occasionally updated, ongoing list of topic ideas-- some past, some current. You also should keep your eye on any issues involving "Interpersonal Commuinication" &/or Human Communication showing up in contemporary headlines. Select whatever one news story you want. You can select from the list below [ Most items on this list occurred within the last several years and the original hyperlinks might not still work; you can follow up by searching for the relevant online/hardcopy news coverage] or you can propose a topic for a reaction paper --sparked by any "real world" occurrence that relates to a DYNAMIC-OF-HUMAN-COMUNICATION.
Each submission
should reflect your
Feelings/Reactions/Thoughts
&/or Insights.
Nevertheless,
each
write-up needs to include reference to at least one specific concept from your
notes and/or textbook.
Each entry should be at least 2-3
"well-organized" paragraphs
long..
[see additional suggestions below in
Guidelines section]
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1. Issues of cultural & co-cultural adaptation {as discussed in Chapter 4 & elsewhere}
> Gillette's 2019 advertising campaign aimed an changing concepts surrounding American masculinity. Video clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0
> such as the OLYMPUS company's Oct 2011 firing of their non-Japanese CEO because he was using an operating style that did not respect their cultural norms for saving face. search: NYTimes.com
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Decoding
Etiquette in China, Handshakes to Meals
1I. Issues of Self, Perceptions & Relationships {as discussed in Chapter2, 3, & elsewhere}
> Going it Alone - Videoclip from CBS Sunday Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUNhJ-TiAg (also for Quiz 3 &/or Final Exam)
> Anger can be Contagious - Audio clip from NPR: Morning Edition-2/25/19 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/25/697052006/anger-can-be-contagious-heres-how-to-stop-the-spread
> Streaming While Homeless - Audio clip from NPR: On the Media - 2/22/19 via https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm/segments/4
4. Intercultural Insight: Below, at the very end of this document are several insights that past students have offered after completing the "Create-a-co-Culture" unit. Take any one of these statements. Then complete these 3 steps: (1) Paraphrase/Explain what you think my students meant--in light of the activities that are part of doing that that unit (2) Cite a few personal experiences of your own that you believe either exemplify /OR/ disprove the original insight statement (3) Explain YOUR position on that original statement. "Selected Insights on Culture / co-culture / Diversity / Intercultural Communication" [click to go to list or just scroll down]
5. Analyze a feature or independent film Everybody’s Fine (2009) OR August Osage County (2013) by applying at least 3 of the Family dynamics we studied/ discussed.
6.analyze
the film Gran Torino by applying
at least 3 specific concepts from (1)culture/co-culture,
(2)gender communication,
(3) in-group communication
7. analyze
the film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins by applying
at least 3 specific concepts from (1)PPTR-F ( ex.
You are always your Parent's child
(2)Punctuation ("You started it!")
(3) -PPTR-F (all families are functional &
dysfunctional
8. the New York Times article on lack of empathy in young people [ click for link to copy of article]
9. the uproar & NPR backlash over the incident a few years ago with Juan Williams. Several course concepts apply, especially IPT >Stereotyping> prejudice> biased behavior // 2011 UPDATE: ...and what do you think of the fact that Juan Williams ultimately 'landed on his feet & was deemed to be credible enough for such tasks as moderating a 2008 Republican presidential candidate debate and serving as a news commentator on Fax News ???
10.
via reference to specific
Perception concepts, explain the widely varying perspectives on the
protesters who have been occupying Zuccotti Park, NY (i.e. the
"Occupy Wall Street" protests which began
Sept. 17, 2011). The protesters have been very vocal
about their cause, yet members in the larger public con
11. analyze the linked news article (Long Term Unemployed face Catch 2)click for link to copy of article] for aspects which exemplify IPT / Stereotyping / Prejudice / Bias. If you lost points on any of these terms on recent tests/quizzes, be sure you THOROUGHLY understand these terms before writing this paper.
12. Considering what we have discussed this semester concerning such human dynamics as (1) phatic communication & the need to connect which often is more important than the actual message content (2) metacommunication & how the way something is said "clues" the speaker's real intention and (3) Speech Act Theory in which humans USE words to "do' things to other people [i.e. "sticks & stones... " is a myth] , write a reaction to the attached article"Studies Find That Gossip Isn't Just Loose Talk"
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13. Write a paper analyzing this linked news article ( or any other article on this incident in the news in March 2016.) You need to CONCRETELY apply any 2 concepts from Chapter 3 [ perc] and any 2 from chapter 4 [div]. Bonus points for avoiding the trite & the obvious.
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below = "Selected Insights on Culture / co-Culture / Diversity / Intercultural Comm." from past students' classroom comments. Any one of these is has potential for a "REACTION PAPER: either to support or refute