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Syllabus Communication (CMN) 102: Introduction to Communication Research and Theory r. !ohn ". Cau#hlin $%%ice: &00' (incoln )all *mail: cau#hlin+illinois.edu or cau#hlin+#mail.com $%%ice )ours (,rite in): Teaching Assistants: $%%ice: '0-0 (incoln )all $%%ice )ours (,rite Name *mail in) !iyoun# Chae !ermaine Martine0 Macarena "ena 2 (illo (iesel Sharabi .chae/+illinois.edu martin1/+illinois.edu 3enayli2+illinois.edu sharabi2+illinois.edu

Note: The o%%ice %or all %our teachin# assistants is in '0-0 (incoln )all Teaching Intern: 4imena Reyna: reyna2+illinois.edu Course Web Site (Compass): com3ass2#.illinois.edu5 General course description: This course 3ro6ides a #eneral o6er6ie, o% theory and research on human communication. It sur6eys basic structures and 3rocesses o% communication (such as lan#ua#e and non6erbal communication)7 im3ortant %unctions and e%%ects o% messa#es (such as 3ersuasion and identity mana#ement)7 and 6arious media and conte8ts o% communication (such as con6ersation7 ne,s and entertainment media7 and or#ani0ational settin#s). The course ser6es as a broad introduction to basic conce3ts7 3rinci3les7 %indin#s7 and methods in the beha6ioral9scienti%ic study o% communication. Course Schedule: The course schedule is a6ailable on Com3ass2#.

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Roles of lectures readings and discussion sections: Course materials consist o% lectures7 readin#s7 and discussion section material. (ectures 3resent detailed re6ie,s and analyses o% research bearin# on each to3ic treated in the course7 ,ith 3articular attention to the relationshi3 bet,een claims (e.#.7 hy3otheses or e83lanations) and the a6ailable research e6idence. (ectures su33lement but do not du3licate the readin#s: readin#s su33lement but do not du3licate the lectures. Most o% the content o% the course is a6ailable only in lectures7 and students are res3onsible %or learnin# the detailed content o% each lecture. I% they miss a lecture7 they are res3onsible %or #ettin# notes %rom a classmate and5or listenin# to the audio recordin#s o% the lectures7 ,hich ,ill be a6ailable on Com3ass a33ro8imately '1 hours a%ter each lecture7 and they ,ill remain a6ailable %or three ,ee;s. Readin#s consist o% re3resentati6e studies (e8em3li%yin# ma.or research <uestions and a33roaches)7 research re6ie,s7 and theoretical treatments (,hich summari0e and analy0e a body o% research). =ecause the lectures 3resent a substantial body o% detailed in%ormation and analyses7 students are encoura#ed to use the discussion sections as o33ortunities to as; <uestions and see; any needed clari%ication o% lectures and readin#s. >dditional su33lementary material %or to3ics co6ered in the course is also 3resented in discussion sections7 and students are res3onsible %or learnin# the additional content 3resented there. Graded acti!ities: Exams. The e8aminations co6er lectures7 readin#s7 and material 3resented in discussion sections. There are t,o e8ams7 each co6erin# hal% o% the class. *8am 2 is not cumulati6e. Re#ularly scheduled e8aminations ha6e a multi3le9 choice %ormat. ?or both *8am 1 and *8am 27 ,e ,ill 3roduce t,ice as many <uestions as necessary %or the e8am and then di6ide them bet,een t,o e<ui6alent %orms o% the e8ams (each ,ith di%%erent items). @e ,ill use the %irst set o% <uestions %or the re#ular e8am and the second set o% <uestions %or those ,ishin# to do the retest. Students ,ho decide to ta;e both the test and retest ,ill be #i6en the hi#her o% the t,o scores %or their #rade on that e8am.

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=ecause o% the di%%iculty o% com3letin# e8ams ,ithin a A0 minute 3eriod (#i6en the need to distribute them and so %orth)7 the e8ams ,ill be administered in the e6enin#. S3eci%ically7 the e8ams ,ill ta;e 3lace on: Thurs "ct ## $%&:#'pm (()am #) Thurs "ct #& $%&:#'pm (()am #%Retest) Thurs *ec + $%&:#'pm (()am ,) Tues *ec #& $%&:#'pm (()am ,%Retest) It is assumed that e8aminations ,ill be com3leted durin# the times assi#ned. No ma;e9u3 e8aminations ,ill be administered7 e8ce3t in cases o% documented medical or %amily emer#ency or uni6ersity sanctioned e6ents that require an alternati6e testin# time. @hen such 3roblems are encountered7 students must noti%y their T> at the earliest 3ossible time: a33ro3riate documentation ,ill be needed. @ithout an acce3table e8cuse7 a missed e8amination ,ill recei6e a %ailin# #rade (0). I% students are unable to ta;e e8ams durin# these times %or reasons not %allin# under the re<uired circumstances (e.#.7 ,or; schedules)7 they may choose to ta;e only some o% the tests or consider ,hether ta;in# this course %its ,ith their schedule. =ecause o% the challen#es in6ol6ed in creatin# t,o 3arallel tests7 students ,ho cannot ma;e the test or the retest are stron#ly encoura#ed to ta;e the one they cannot ma;e. Re#ardless o% the reason %or missin# one o% the re#ular e8am times7 any e8ams ta;en outside the re#ularly scheduled test or retest time 3eriods ,ill be in essay and short ans,er %ormat. Students are e83ected to come to e8ams 3rior to the be#innin# o% the 3eriod (so that ,e can start on time). The ideal is to be there at least %i6e minutes early. Students ,ho come late should e83ect to ,ait until e6eryone else has an e8am be%ore bein# seated. Students ,ho ,ish to ta;e the e8am MBST arri6e be%ore the %irst 3erson has %inished. >nyone ,ho arri6es a%ter the %irst 3erson has %inished the e8am ,ill not be allo,ed to ta;e the e8am. Term Paper (Option 1). ?or this 3a3er7 you ,ill summari0e a to3ic in the communication research literature7 discuss ho, it relates to class materials7 and a33ly this research to a 3ractical 3roblem. The %inal 3a3er ,ill be -9C 3a#es lon#7 and ,ill in6ol6e se6eral tas;s. ?irst7 you ,ill choose a data9based research article that ,as 3ublished since the first day of this semester. This article ,ill #i6e you the to3ic o% your 3a3er. (Note: a Ddata9basedD article means that

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the authors collected data and re3orted on those data in the article: summaries o% other articles are not acce3table.) 2ou ,ill also 3ic; at least %our other data9based articles that a33ear in the re%erence list o% the %irst article. 2our 3a3er ,ill consist o% summari0in# the %i6e (or more) research articles7 discussin# ho, the %indin#s %rom this research are inter3retable based on ,hat you ha6e learned in class7 and discussin# ho, the research %indin#s can be a33lied to situations beyond the research conte8t. > more detailed descri3tion o% the term 3a3er can be %ound in the ne8t section o% this handboo;. ?ailure to submit the 3a3er by the be#innin# o% lecture on Monday ecember & ,ill result in 3oint deductions. I% the 3a3er is one moment late7 ,e ,ill deduct one %ull letter #rade7 and then an additional letter #rade ,ill be deducted %or e6ery additional 2'9hour 3eriod the 3a3er is late (be#innin# the moment class be#ins). =ecause the term 3a3er assi#nment is a6ailable since the be#innin# o% the semester7 there ,ill be no 3ro6isions %or e8cusin# late 3a3ers ,ithout this 3enalty. Students may turn it in early. Assignments (Option 2). Most ,ee;s there ,ill be a brie% assi#nment due in discussion sections. The assi#nments ,ill include acti6ities such as (a) reaction 3a3ers about the readin#s7 (b) re%lection 3a3ers about course conce3ts7 and (c) summaries o% in9class discussions. >ll assi#nments are 3rinted in this manual. To com3lete an assi#nment7 tear the 3a#e(s) out o% the course manual7 and hand,rite your res3onses (%or assi#nments other than those that entail ty3in# a 3a3er). >ssi#nments must be le#ible in order to recei6e 3assin# credit. No electronic assi#nments ,ill be acce3ted. "art o% the assi#nment means bein# there %or discussion. Because the in c!ass discussions happen during c!ass" the on!y #ay to comp!ete assignments is to attend the discussion section for the entire class period. Thus7 you cannot ha6e a %riend submit an assi#nment on your behal%7 nor can you send it to your T> by email. There ,ill be 11 assi#nments. ?or the assi#nment 3ortion o% the course #rade7 you need to com3lete at least 1 assi#nments satis%actorily to #et all 3ossible 3oints (see details belo,). The reason that ,e #i6e more assi#nments than are re<uired to #et the ma8imum 3oints is to account %or le#itimate reasons %or missin# class (e.#.7 serious illness7 o%%icial athletics tri3s7 %amily emer#encies). Conse<uently7 -e do not allo- ma.e%ups of the

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assignments for A/0 reason. I% you miss many assi#nments %or le#itimate reasons7 you may dro3 the course or choose the #radin# system that does not count the assi#nments. Course grading: This course ,ill use a sim3li%ied 6ersion o% contract #radin#. This ,ill allo, you to 3ic; one o% t,o #radin# systems %or the course. In $rading %ystem 1: *ach e8am is ,orth 1A0 3oints7 and the 3a3er is ,orth 100 3oints. In $rading %ystem 2: *ach e8am is ,orth 1A0 3oints7 and the assi#nments are ,orth 100 3oints. 2ou may choose to do either the term 3a3er or the assi#nments. I% you turn in both7 ,e ,ill count only your 3a3er #rade. (That is7 turnin# in a 3a3er im3lies that you ,ish to be #raded by System 17 and any assi#nments you com3leted ,ill not %actor into your #rade.) Re#ardless o% ,hich system you choose7 you ,ill recei6e a numeric #rade %or each e8am out o% 1A0 3oints. *8ams ,ill be cur6ed accordin# to the class distribution. >ssi#nments7 are #raded on a 3ass9%ail basis. >ssi#nments MBST be com3leted on the 3a#es 3ro6ided in this boo;. 2ou may a33end additional 3a#es i% you need to7 but you usually should not need additional 3a#es. 1 or more 3assin# #rades ,ill earn 100 3oints. - 3assin# #rades ,ill be ,orth C0 3oints. / ,ill be ,orth 10 3oints. A ,ill be ,orth -0 3oints. ' ,ill be ,orth /0 3oints. & ,ill be ,orth A0. 2 ,ill be ,orth '0. 1 ,ill be ,orth &0. 2our %inal #rade ,ill be calculated based on the %ollo,in# scale: &1A9'00 E &'A9&AC E &0A9&1C E 2/A92-C E 092&C E ? >F =F CF F &-09&1' E &&09&'' E 2C09&0' E 2A092/' E > = C &/09&/C E &209&2C E 210921C E 2'092'C E >9 =9 C9 9

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Academic integrity: >ll students are e83ected to be %amiliar ,ith and abide by the #uidelines %or academic inte#rity. The Student Code a33lies to all students ,hether they ha6e read it or not. These #uidelines are summari0ed in the Student Code (htt3:55,,,.admin.uiuc.edu53olicy5code5inde8.html). In addition to bein# a,are o% the #eneral #uidelines concernin# academic inte#rity7 there is an issue that 3re6iously has caused some con%usion in CMN 102. ?or the assi#nments (and 3a3er)7 it is o;ay to discuss your ,or; in #eneral terms ,ith other students (e.#.7 ho, you are #oin# to a33roach the assi#nment)7 but under no circumstances should t,o students turn in ,or; that is shared. $b6iously7 co3yin# another 3ersonGs ,or; is a 6iolation o% the Student Code. Moreo6er7 allo,in# somebody else to co3y your ,or; is a 6iolation as ,ell. 2ou should not share your com3leted ,or; ,ith anyone. I% you do7 you should ;no, that you ,ill be held e<ually res3onsible %or any %indin# o% 3la#iarism. >s it states in the Student Code7 the 3enalties %or 3la#iarism ,ill be decided on a case by case basis: ho,e6er7 it is ,orth notin# that the 3enalties %or 3la#iarism can include %ailin# the course or bein# dismissed %rom the uni6ersity. "la#iarism is a serious matter7 and it ,ill be dealt ,ith as such.

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*isrupti!e beha!ior: Students are not allo,ed to en#a#e in beha6iors that disru3t others. Students are e83ected to be res3ect%ul o% those around them and allo, others to listen and learn. isru3ti6e beha6iors can ta;e many %orms and include anythin# that ma;es it di%%icult %or others to learn. The most common %orm o% disru3ti6e beha6ior is tal;in# durin# lecture. $ther than times ,hen tal;in# is e83licitly allo,ed (e.#.7 %or ans,erin# <uestions or discussin# ,ith others)7 tal;in# durin# lecture is not allo,ed. I% studentsH beha6iors are disru3ti6e enou#h that it interru3ts the class7 the o%%endin# 3arty or 3arties ,ill be 3enali0ed A 3oints o%% their %inal #rade. ?or a second o%%ense7 they ,ill be 3enali0ed an additional A 3oints and as;ed to lea6e the class and meet ,ith the ean o% Students about the beha6ior. >dditional o%%enses ,ill be dealt ,ith usin# increasin#ly harsh 3enalties u3 to a %ailin# #rade in the course.

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*escription of Term 1aper *ue date The term 3a3er is due at the be#innin# o% lecture on Monday ecember &. 2ou should bear in mind that this is an absolute deadline. @e ,ill acce3t the 3a3er ear!y7 but ,e ,ill not acce3t it late (%or %ull credit) e8ce3t under the direst circumstances. Circumstances that ,ould not be considered dire ,ould include (but are not limited to) com3uter and 3rinter 3roblems7 trans3ortation 3roblems7 and illnesses that do not in6ol6e loss o% consciousness. 1urpose There is a ($T o% scholarshi3 about communication that ,e cannot co6er in class. This can create 3roblems %or you: %or e8am3le7 ,hat i% a %riend ,ho ;no,s you too; a communication course as;s you about one o% the many to3ics in communication that ,e did not co6erI >lso7 %rom this class7 you may ;no, a little about many to3ics7 but you may ,ish to ;no, a lot about a 3articular one. This assi#nment is meant to hel3 you learn to teach yoursel% about the research literature. Specific educational goals J =ecome %amiliar ,ith a s3eci%ic area o% research in communication J "ractice assimilatin# and inte#ratin# in%ormation %rom research9based sources J Consider the 3ractical im3lications o% ,hat you ha6e learned. 1aper re2uirements 1. Choose a recent research article The %irst ste3 is to %ind a data9based research article that ,as 3ublished since the &eginning of this semester. Choose an article on a to3ic that you ,ant to ,rite your 3a3er on. This article ,ill #i6e you the to3ic o% your 3a3er. (Note: a Ddata9basedD article means that the authors collected data %rom 3eo3le and re3orted on those data in the article: summaries o% other articles are not acce3table.) 2our article must come %rom one o% the %ollo,in# .ournals: 'ommunication (onographs" 'ommunication )esearch" 'ommunication %tudies" *uman 'ommunication )esearch" +ourna! of App!ied 'ommunication" +ourna! of 'ommunication" ,estern +ourna! of 'ommunication 2. Select %our additional articles The second ste3 is to 3ic; at least %our other data9based articles that a33ear in the re%erence list o% the %irst article. These should be on the same #eneral to3ic as your recent article so that you can ,rite a coherent 3a3er about that 3articular to3ic.

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&. @rite the 3a3er The %inal 3a3er ,ill be: -9C 3a#es lon# Ty3ed Sta3led (@IT)$BT any re3ort co6er) In >"> style (see the .ournals listed abo6e %or e8am3les o% ,hat this loo;s li;e) @ritten in 12 3t %ont @ritten ,ith mar#ins no bi##er than 1.A inches ouble s3aced The 3a3er ,ill in6ol6e se6eral sections. 2ou may consider labelin# each section ,ith a se3arate header so it is clear that your 3a3er has all the re<uired sections. %ection one- .ntroduction (less than 1 3a#e). 2our 3a3er should include a brie% 3ara#ra3h in ,hich you introduce your to3ic and summari0e the main 3arts o% your 3a3er. %ection t#o- Artic!e a&stracts. "ro6ide a brie% (K 3a#e) summary o% each article IN 2$BR $@N @$R S. To do this7 you ,ill ha6e to actually read the article (the abstract ,ill not ha6e enou#h detail). *ach summary should e83lain: (a) ,hat the article e8amined7 (b) ho, the authors studied it (i.e.7 a short descri3tion o% the method)7 and (c) ,hat the main %indin#s and conclusions ,ere. =e sure your summaries 3ro6ide enou#h in%ormation that one can tell ,hat the study ,as about and ,hat the authors %ound7 but do not #et bo##ed do,n in too much detail. $ne #oal o% this 3art o% the o6erall 3a3er 3ro.ect is #ettin# you to thin; about ho, you can summari0e somethin# in a ,ay that is both accurate and concise. %ection three- %ummary of themes (29& 3a#es). Summari0e the #eneral themes or conclusions across the studies. *ssentially7 you should try to inte#rate ,hat ,as %ound across these studies into some statements about ,hat is ;no,n about the to3ic area. 2ou ,ill N$T be able to sim3ly 3aste your summaries into this section. Instead7 it should loo; li;e a literature re6ie, %or a research article. 2ou should ma;e #eneral statements7 claims7 conclusions. Then bac; u3 these claims ,ith %indin#s %rom the 6arious articles. The e6aluation o% this section ,ill be based on ho, ,ell you inte#rate the articles and ho, ,ell you use the articles to bac; u3 your claims about the themes in the literature.

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%ection four- Practica! imp!ications (29& 3a#es). ?or this section7 you should discuss ho, the research %indin#s a33ly to situations outside the research conte8t. ?ocus on the themes in the %indin#s %rom the third section7 and consider ho, these %indin#s mi#ht be use%ul to someone. ?or e8am3le7 ho, mi#ht somebody chan#e their beha6ior based on themI $r7 ho, mi#ht ;no,in# these %indin#s hel3 someone thin; about communication more 3roducti6elyI 2ou should %eel %ree to use real or hy3othetical e8am3les to e83lain the utility o% the 6arious research %indin#s. =e sure ,hen discussin# the 3ractical im3lications that you *4"(>IN ho, or ,hy the research articles su33ort such claims about 3ractical im3lications. This section ,ill be e6aluated based on the e8tent to ,hich your 3ractical im3lications are ,ell .usti%ied: %or instance7 do you ma;e a con6incin# case that the research articles ha6e the im3lications that you say they doI %ection fi/e- 'onc!usion. This should be no more than hal% a 3a#e. %ection six- )eferences. Include a list o% the articles you used. This list should be in >"> style. The re%erence list does not count in the 3a#e limit %or the 3a3er. Bse an asteris; to indicate the recent article (i.e.7 the ori#inal article that ,as 3ublished since the cuto%% date noted abo6e). Appendices. Include co3ies o% the abstracts %rom the research articles. (The abstract is the 3ara#ra3h at the 6ery be#innin# o% the article.) Grading In addition to the criteria mentioned throu#hout this document7 you ,ill be #raded on the <uality and clarity o% your analysis7 the insi#ht%ulness o% your ideas7 and the <uality o% your ,ritin#. 2ou should treat this as a %ormal ,ritin# 3ro.ect.