Comm 3210

Human Communication Theory

Note: This is an archived version of the course last offered Spring 1999. For current course information visit http://spot.colorado.edu/~craigr/courses.htm

Spring 1999 course materials are posted here. Web resources including application papers, slide shows, etc., are available at http://www.colorado.edu/communication/meta-discourses

Course Materials (1999 version): 

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Syllabus  

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Application Papers  

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Unit I (General Themes) Study Questions  
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Perspectives on Theory  

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 Transmission & Ritual Models of Communication (Carey)  

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Muted Group Theory (Kramarae)  

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Unit II (Messages) Study Questions 
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Information Theory & Cybernetics (Shannon & Weaver, Wiener)  

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Meaning (Richards)  

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Symbolic Interactionim (Mead)  

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CMM Theory (Pearce & Cronen)  

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Unit III (Relationships) Study Questions  
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Relationship Development (Social Penetration & Social Exchange)  

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Interactional View (Watzlawick)  

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Dialectical Perspective (Baxter & Montgomery)  

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Dialogue (Buber & Rogers)  

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Unit IV (Social Influence, Media, and Culture) Study Questions  
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)  

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Dramatism (Burke)  

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Technological Determinism (McLuhan)  

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Communication as Culture, Chapters 7 & 8 (Carey)  

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Cultivation Theory (Gerbner)  

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Cultural Studies (S. Hall)  

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 Face Negotiation Theory (Ting-Toomey)  

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Final Examination Review and Study Questions  

 

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