Communication 611 - Intr-Theories&ConcptsHumanComm
Fall
2022
01
3.00
Gonen Dori-Hacohen
M 4:00PM 6:45PM
UMass Amherst
44319
Integ. Learning Center S416
gonen@comm.umass.edu
Process of theory construction, theory testing, and paradigmatic change in communication. Theory relationships among normative and scientific studies. Theory types and their causal mechanisms, units of analysis, and research methodologies. Major theories compared in terms of their theoretical and metatheoret-ical bases. Required of all Communication graduate students; taught in fall.
Open to Doctoral Communication students only. Open to Doctoral Communication students, others by permission of instructor.