CMNS 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Kuhn, Teaching Assistant, Social Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 260
• Professor: Frederik Lesage

Document Summary

Syllabus includes all semester info, including an outline of class sessions. 20% quizzes (5, all during start of lecture) Introduce some of the basic principle and concepts underpinning the course. Give you introduction to empirical research and communications, give you the basics. This is an intro to the language of empirical research (core concepts) and to start testing and seeing how this research is done. Introduce different research methods (what they"re good for, and not so well suited to) Analyze relationship between goals, assumptions, theories and methods. Social research is like spring-cleaning for knowledge- not fun but when done correctly, gives you more perspective. It"s about organizing, creating a model of the social world (there are steps, and by taking those you are creating said model). **it"s important to think on and try to see the connection between the lecture, lab, and tutorials**