CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Stumpf, Interpersonal Communication, Robert Cialdini
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Cmns 110 - lecture 1 - communication studies in context: models, methods, and. Diverse collection of subjects r/s b/w media & democracy. Political economic structure of state media systems. Effect of mobile technologies on social r/s. Nature of propaganda in contemporary political world. Problems of privacy in modern, highly technological world. Articulation of gender in practices of everyday talk. Means for studying interpersonal communication diff from techniques & methods used in study of. In case of interpersonal studies, researchers conduct studies by looking closely at how ppl act when in presence of other ppl. Interpersonal communication researcher might analyze how someone"s style of communications changes. For communication researcher specializing in study of internet & online communication, body language & vocal intonation fundamentally unimportant since forms of info invisible to ppl engaged in online communication. Things interesting to interpersonal communication scholar virtually unimportant to online communication researcher. One form of communication not necessarily better than another.