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2. COM 310 Entire Course COM 310 Successful Learning 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 COM 310 Week 3 DQ 1 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"? COM 310 Week 1 DQ 1

3. COM 310 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 310 Successful Learning 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!) (I realize this is the last day of Week 1, but I wanted to post this anyway, just to highlight another theory from the Week 1 reading. It is perfectly fine for this discussion to carry into the first few days of Week 2.) 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. Can you provide an example from your own life that relates to the Expectancy Violations Theory? Does understanding this theory help you make sense of that communication situation? COM 310 Week 1 DQ 3

4. COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment Communication Introduction Worksheet COM 310 Successful Learning 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. 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? COM 310 Week 2 DQ 1

5. COM 310 Week 2 DQ 2 COM 310 Successful Learning 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? 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. How does the Communication Privacy Management Theory apply to online relationships? Is there more or less disclosure in online relationships? COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3

6. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 2 DQ 4 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. 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. COM 310 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Communication Theories Matrix

7. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 3 DQ 1 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? 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. Please choose one of these elements of the Adaptive Structuration Theory and discuss your experiences with that element. Do you think the Adaptive Structuration Theory is useful in providing an understanding of how structures that are created in groups influence communication and decisions? COM 310 Week 3 DQ 2

8. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 3 DQ 3 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? 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? Based on the information you read about the Organizational Culture Theory, what advice would you give Fran as she begins her "new" job with Jewelry Plus? Have you ever been in a position like the one Fran finds herself in now? (And I don't mean as a jewelry salesperson!) Please use the information that describes the Organizational Culture Theory to help strengthen your example. COM 310 Week 3 DQ 4

9. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessing Your Organization’s Values 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. • How do structure and power relationships influence decision-making within your organization? • What physical, behavioral, and verbal manifestation symbols affect the culture of your organization, such as décor, logos, ceremonies, rituals, jokes, jargon, and stories? • How does your organization collect, manage, and use information? Cite at least three peer-reviewed sources other than your textbook in your research for this paper. 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. As a note, your action plan should be completed in proper APA format (with a cover page) and should outline the steps your team will go through (and the responsibilities) to complete the remainder of the project. COM 310 Week 3 Learning Team Script Project Action Plan

10. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 4 DQ 1 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? Explain your response by including an example from a presentation you have witnessed or delivered. Also, try to incorporate some of Aristotle's way of thinking about this 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. What features of reality television are opportunistic to study? In your opinion, what would Gerbner say about this television programming? (Try to reference your text here to strengthen your opinion.) COM 310 Week 4 DQ 2

11. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 4 DQ 3 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). Considering that the Internet has become a powerful media outlet, what kind of influence do you think the Internet has on public opinion? 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. COM 310 Week 4 DQ 4

12. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 4 Individual Assignment Communication Theories Paper 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. For the theory, provide at least one example as to how this theory connects to your life (for instance, you may describe a situation or experience you had that illustrates the theory). Make sure to connect the material in your example back to the primary tenets of the theory 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. COM 310 Week 4 Learning Team Script Project Appendices

13. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 5 DQ 1 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? 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? COM 310 Week 5 DQ 2

14. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 5 Individual Assignment Television News Program Analysis Assignment 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. • What are the points of view of the segments? Are they objective or subjective? How do they demonstrate that point of view? What was included that should not have been? What was omitted? 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 COM 310 Week 5 Learning Team Project Final Scripts

15. COM 310 Successful Learning • COM 310 Week 5 Summary Write a 350-500 words summary of the course

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