Communication 414 - Studying Everyday Talk

Spring
2021
01
4.00
Benjamin Bailey
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
73648
Fully Remote Class
bbailey@comm.umass.edu
This course combines reading and discussion with application of theoretically informed methods in the study of everyday social interaction. We will: 1) Read and discuss representative studies of social interaction and communicative behavior in cultural context. 2) Do graduated classroom and field exercises to assemble methodological tools and accumulate data for your final paper. The final paper will be based on accumulated data - especially recordings and transcripts - from your field site. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Comm majors.
Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. PreReq:COMM 118 or 212 This course serves as an Integrative Experience (IE) requirement for BA-COMM majors.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.