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  1. COM 310 UOP Material com310dotcom

  2. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Entire Course COM 310 Entire Course COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment Communication Introduction Worksheet COM 310 Week 1 DQ 1 COM 310 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 1 DQ 3 COM 310 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Communication Theories Matrix COM 310 Week 2 DQ 1 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3 COM 310 Week 2 DQ4 COM 310 Week 3 Learning Team Script Project Action Plan COM 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessing Your Organization’s Values

  3. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 1 DQ 1 COM 310 Week 1 DQ 2 Please study the syllabus to familiarize yourself with the objectives we will be covering in this course. What are yourexpectations of this class? Do you have any preconceived notions when you hear the term "Communication Theory"? Your text discusses the concept of individual "fields of experience". How does a person's field of experience influence a communication event? Can you think of a communication experience or relationship you have had that was significantly influenced by differing fields of experience? (Remember, this doesn't necessarily refer to a "field of experience" as in work experience!)

  4. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 1 DQ 3 COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment Communication Introduction Worksheet Chapter 8 of your text discusses the Expectancy Violations Theory. One major premise of this theory is that people have expectations about the behaviors (both verbal and nonverbal) of others. Communication Introduction Worksheet (Individual). Complete the University of Phoenix Material “Communication Introduction Worksheet” located in Week One of the COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and details of the assignment are included.

  5. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 2 DQ 1 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 2 Chapter 9 of your text discusses the Uncertainty Reduction Theory which is the only communication theory devoted to initial interactions. There are seven axioms of URT. Please choose one axiom and discuss how you have experienced this axiom of URT in a past communication exchange. Do you think your knowledge of the URT will influence your future initial interactions? Chapter 10 of your text discusses the Social Penetration Theory which involves self-disclosure. What are the consequences of poorly planned or inappropriate self-disclosure? Can you think of examples from your own life where self-disclosure caused a problem? Conversely, what are the benefits of self-disclosure?

  6. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 4 Chapter 13 of your text discusses the Communication Privacy Management Theory, which is a practical theory designed to explain the everyday issue of whether or not to tell someone something. Many of our interactions (personal, school, work) in today's world occur in an online environment. Chapter 11 of your text discusses the Social Exchange Theory which is based on the notion that people review and weigh their relationships in terms of costs and rewards. Does applying this theory to your current or past relationships help you understand those relationships? (These can be personal relationships or work-related relationships.) Explain your answer.

  7. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 4 Chapter 13 of your text discusses the Communication Privacy Management Theory, which is a practical theory designed to explain the everyday issue of whether or not to tell someone something. Many of our interactions (personal, school, work) in today's world occur in an online environment. Chapter 11 of your text discusses the Social Exchange Theory which is based on the notion that people review and weigh their relationships in terms of costs and rewards. Does applying this theory to your current or past relationships help you understand those relationships? (These can be personal relationships or work-related relationships.) Explain your answer.

  8. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Communication Theories Matrix COM 310 Week 3 DQ 1 Communication Theories Matrix (Learning Team) Complete the University of Phoenix Material “Communication Theories Matrix” located in Week One of the COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and details of the assignment are included. Please complete the peer evaluation form after this assignment is completed. Chapter 14 of your text discusses the concept of Groupthink. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages associated with having a high level of cohesiveness among members of a group. Have you ever been in a group where Groupthink was an issue? If so, what could have been done to avoid Groupthink? If not, what has been done that has allowed you to avoid Groupthink in a group situation?

  9. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 3 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 3 DQ 3 Chapter 15 of your text discusses the Adaptive Structuration Theory. This theory has three main components: Agency and reflexivity, duality of structure, and social integration. Chapter 17 discusses the Organizational Information Theory and the associated concept of "equivocality". Recall an organization in which you were or are a member (workplace, sports team, volunteer organization, community group, etc.). Can you remember an incident when you or the organization  received ambiguous information? If so, what "rules" did you or the organization use in dealing with this equivocality?

  10. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 3 DQ 4 COM 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessing Your Organization Chapter 16 of your text discusses the Organizational Culture Theory. In the introduction to the chapter there is a story about Fran Callahan and her job with Jewelry Plus. How do you think employees like Fran Callahan can successfully ease into a new organizational culture? Write a 900- to 1,200-word paper in which you analyze the values of the organization for which you work. Observe and analyze the corporate or business culture. Include the structure of the organization and information sharing practices. In the introduction to your paper, explain and provide the relevant background of your organization. Answer the following questions. 

  11. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 3 Learning Team Script Project Action Plan COM 310 Week 4 DQ 1 Learning Team Script Project: Action Plan (Learning Team) Complete the Week Three section of the University of Phoenix Material “Final Learning Team Script Project” located in Week Two of the COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and details of the assignment are included. Please complete the peer evaluation form after this assignment is completed. Chapter 18 of your text discussesAristotle and his Rhetoric. Aristotle spent a great deal of time considering the content of a public speech but also indicates that it is crucial for a speaker to consider delivery as well. In your opinion of public speaking, which element is more important- content or delivery?

  12. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 4 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 4 DQ 3 Chapter 22 of your text discusses George Gerbner and the concept of Cultivation Analysis. For this discussion question please discuss “reality TV” (such as: Survivor, Jersey Shore, Real World) and the extent to which Cultivation theorists would analyze these shows. Chapter 24 of your text discusses the Spiral of Silence Theory (SST) which rests on public opinion. One of the assertions of the SST is that people "seek out the media to confirm or disconfirm their observations and then interpret their own observations through the media" (p.414).

  13. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 4 DQ 4 COM 310 Week 4 Individual Assignment Communication Theories Paper Chapter 23 of your text discusses the Uses and Gratifications Theory. What feature of Uses and Gratifications Theory is most appealing or most applicable to you? Why? Please incorporate examples and text references into your response. Communication Theories Paper (Individual) Write a 1,900 to 2,700-word paper that applies three of the communication theories you have studied so far to your personal and/or professional life. Please make sure your paper is written in proper APA format. First, start off by describing each theory’s primary tenets.

  14. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 4 Learning Team Script Project Appendices COM 310 Week 5 DQ 1 Learning Team Script Project: Appendixes (Learning Team) Complete the Week Four section of the University of Phoenix Material“Final Learning Team Script Project” located in Week Two of the COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and details of the assignment are included. Please complete the peer evaluation form after this assignment is completed. Chapter 27 of your text discusses the Standpoint Theory, which includes the concept that there are multiple truths to any given situation and therefore communication is based on subjectivity. If all truths are understood as coming from some subjective standpoint, how is it possible for people to communicate? How do we reach agreement among people with different viewpoints?

  15. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 5 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 5 Individual Assignment Television News Program Analysis Assignment Chapter 29 of your text introduces the Communication Accommodation Theory which defines accommodation as the ability to (typically unconsciously) "adjust, modify, or regulate one's behavior in response to another" (p.495). Why is it useful to engage in communication accommodation when interacting with other groups? What are the potential disadvantages of employing communication accommodation? How does communication accommodation influence your perception of others? Watch television news coverage of the same story on three different TV networks to address the following three questions. Write an analysis of your findings in a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper. Include how the three different forms of coverage of the same news story are portrayed and how the segments are framed with regard to presentation and bias. Cite at least two peer-reviewed sources other than your textbook. 

  16. COM 310 UOP Material COM 310 Week 5 Learning Team Project Final Scripts COM 310 Week 5 Summary Complete the Week Five section of the University of Phoenix Material “Final Learning Team Script Project” located in Week Two of the COM/310 student website. Instructions and details of the assignment are included.  Write a 350-500 words summary of the course

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