CMN 529

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Seminar Communication Theory

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Credit: 4 hours.

Special topics in communication theory and research.

May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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CMN 529 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
52001	Lecture-Discussion	LG	2:00PM -4:50PM	T	4007 Lincoln Hall	Guntzviller, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Social Support Section Info: This graduate seminar will explore social support (the emotional and instrumental assistance people receive from friends, family, and coworkers) from a communication perspective, while also providing a brief overview of social support research from other perspectives (e.g., psychology, sociology). This seminar focuses on identifying and understanding how supportive communication contributes to psychological, physical, health, and social outcomes, through examining the content of supportive messages, the structure of supportive interactions, and the properties of supportive relationships. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
50677	Lecture-Discussion	LK	2:00PM -4:50PM	W	4007 Lincoln Hall	Knobloch, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Measurement in Comm Research Section Info: The value of quantitative scholarship depends on the quality of the measures that investigators use to conduct their research. This course examines the theoretical reasoning and statistical principles that govern measurement. The course is designed to cultivate the conceptual and statistical skills necessary for operationalizing constructs. The first part of the class will focus on how to formulate a conceptual definition of a construct. Then, the class will examine measurement issues associated with both continuous variables and categorical variables. Specific topics include reliability, validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, physiological measures, content analysis, and coding and rating schemes. Assignments will require students to grapple with measurement issues relevant to their own scholarship. The course is open to graduate students interested in all domains of quantitative research. Familiarity with linear regression procedures is required. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
51998	Lecture-Discussion	MK	5:00PM -6:20PM	TR	4103 Lincoln Hall	Koven, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Language, Culture & Identity Section Info: We will discuss how people use language in ways that signal a range of interactional and socio-cultural meanings. We will explore a number of classic and contemporary approaches that address how language use both seems to “reflect” and create interpersonal and sociocultural contexts.More specifically, we will cover a range of approaches to the study of the relationships between language use and processes of social identification, often understood in terms of seemingly more durable, broader-level rubrics, such as ethnicity, race, class, gender, sexuality, the nation-state, diaspora, generation, etc. Although no previous background is required for this course, students must be willing, however, to read, synthesize, and discuss material from a range of disciplines. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
52670	Lecture	SP	2:00PM -4:50PM	M	4007 Lincoln Hall	Poole, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Theory Construction Section Info: This course will introduce students to the nature of theory and theory construction in communication studies. The topics to be covered include: the nature of explanation; theoretical types; strategies for theory construction; the relationship between theory and inquiry in communication research; evaluating and critiquing theories. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.