Communication 414 - Studying Everyday Talk
Spring
2026
01
4.00
Benjamin Bailey
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
76793
Hasbrouck Lab Add room 104A
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