INI100H1 Lecture : Notes taken during lecture

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14 Jan 2011

School

UTSG

Department

Innis College Courses

Course

INI100H1

Professor

Vikki Visvis

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Communication critics examine film, popular media, popular culture. Texere, latin for to weave: something in the process of being made. Hamlet thought of as a work stable, variable because of multiple versions: but as a text hamlet is never complete, open to more interpretations. seen as study of psychological effects of murder, morality play, indecision"s significance, etc: ultimately, author is another reader, producing meaning in a different way. Internet media is a text, as it can change (ie. wikipedia) Versus tax law, or something nobody will ever read, is work wholly. Communication criticism involves making a text out of a work so as to provide readers with a critical understanding. Making a text out of a work: taking part of work and analyzing its implications. Thematic category (ethos, pathos, logos), or portion of work that reader will be engaging and interacting with. Can overlap, but tend to have an emphasis.

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read it and write down your ideas

Even though they have been doing it all their lives, people need to study communication simply because it is so complex. As stated in chapter 3 of the book, we all perceive things differently and "perception and communication influence each other, perception shapes our understanding of others' communication and the choices we make in our own communication" (pg. 41). For the reason that the choices we make and the ways that we view things/situations are changing everyday, communication between two individuals also changes and becomes more complex. Though we can communicate in general, how we communicate and what we communicate depends on how we perceive the world around us, making communication not as simple as it seems. As humans, we create broad categories of things (prototypes) and place people into them (Wood pg. 43). We then go on to create a more detailed assessment (a personal construct) where we measure a person or situation with a certain dimension of judgment (Wood pg. 43). We also place people and situations into stereotypes by making predictive generalizations or simply predicting what the personal/situation will be like or what will happen (Wood pg. 43). With all of these components to a basic path of communicating with others, it's hard to not see why we would study our complex underlying system of human communication. Not only do we make assumptions, but we base our thoughts/actions off of those assumptions which can then all be interpreted differently among various individuals. We study communication to try and dissect all of these interpretations and perceptions of others "to make sense of experience and to predict how we and others will act" (Wood pg. 45). Sometimes we follow a script or just simply act a specific way in a specific situation (like greeting someone and telling them your name) (Wood pg. 45). However, not everyone follows these scripts which just adds to the complexity of communication between us all.

based on chapter 3 of sexualities in context,

Plante distinguishes between the techniques by which transgendered individuals achieve a gender and the way in which gender expression comes more naturally for others.

	True
	False


Hint: Consider what Plante says about how gender is performed.

The natural sciences, as opposed to the social sciences, can achieve objectivity because they do not require interpretation of data and deal only with natural, given objects.

	True
	False



Hint: Think about the scientific process.

Reading and Interpreting: Author Spotlight on James Baldwin

This assignment builds on your reading in Literature, and specifically focuses on the piece "Race and the African American Writer" by James Baldwin.

Write a full 1-page (250 word minimum organized into a minimum of three paragraphs) literary response to your reading of "Race and the African American Writer." In your response, focus on how Baldwin reaches out to the audience using logos, pathos, and ethos (your Wk 1 Online Presentation on âBuilding a Successful Essayâ will help you here). Also, consider the importance of your role as a reader for Baldwinâs piece to be successful. Think about what is involved in the process of reading a piece of literature. How do ideas, feelings, and descriptions get from Baldwinâs heart and mind to your heart and mind? How are you, as the reader, essential for the communication process of writing to be complete?

Use specific examples, words, and phrases from Baldwinâs piece to back up your argument with textual evidence. Remember to use a signal phrase and to put quotation marks around borrowed words and phrases. You should not use outside resources to complete this assignment, but rather only textual evidence from the course textbook and your own ideas. You will need to include a parenthetical annotation with page number to round out the in-text citation in APA style for all quotations used from the textbook.

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