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| Course ID: | COMM 4360/6360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Communication Strategies in Social Movements | Course
Description: | The rhetorical nature, function, development, and impact of
social movements on society as applied to one or more case
studies and the role of the media in social change. | | Oasis Title: | Communication Social Movements | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in COMM 4360E | | Prerequisite: | COMM 3300 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | At the end of this course, some students will be able to plan and carry out a social
movement designed to confront and change oppressive aspects of the current U.S.
power structure using oral, written, and mediated forms of communication. At the
end of this course, other students who join the current power structure will be
able to anticipate and crush attempts at social change. At the end of this course,
still other students will be able to identify the common tendencies in rhetoric
about social movements. Students are required to complete a variety of assignments
that involve conveying critical arguments through multiple communication channels,
including oral, visual, and mediated. | | Topical Outline: | Topics include:
Case Studies on the Civil Rights Movement, Environmental Movement, Women's Movement,
Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement
Writing for social change
Structuring communication for social change | | Honor Code Reference: | Academic honesty is – defined broadly and simply – the
performance of all academic work without cheating, lying,
stealing, or receiving assistance from any other person or
using any source of information not appropriately authorized or
attributed” (From the Preamble to “A Culture of Honesty”). The
University, the Department of Communication Studies, and I
personally take academic honesty very seriously. Every student
at the University of Georgia should be familiar with the
booklet, “A Culture of Honesty: Policies and Procedures on
Academic Dishonesty.” If you are not, please obtain one of
these booklets and read it carefully. This document has a
thorough presentation of four types of academic dishonesty,
including plagiarism, unauthorized assistance, lying/tampering,
and theft, as well as the procedures that are in place to
adjudicate alleged incidents of academic dishonesty. The
policies and procedures described in “A Culture of Honesty”
will be strictly followed. University Mandated Statement
Concerning the University Honor Code & Academic Honesty All
academic work must meet the standards contained in “A Culture
of Honesty.” Students are responsible for informing themselves
about those standards before performing any academic work. More
detailed information about academic honesty can be found at
http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/acadhon.htm. | |
| Course ID: | COMM 4360E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Communication Strategies in Social Movements |
Course
Description: | The rhetorical nature, function, development, and impact of social movements on society as applied to one or more case studies and the role of the media in social change. |
| Oasis Title: | Communication Social Movements |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in COMM 4360, COMM 6360 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | COMM 3300 or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | At the end of this course, some students will be able to participate in planning a social movement campaign designed to confront and change power structures using oral, written, and mediated forms of communication. Other students will be able to anticipate and resist attempts at social change. In general, students will be able to identify the common tendencies in rhetoric about social movements. Students are required to complete a variety of assignments that involve conveying critical arguments through multiple communication channels, including oral, visual, and mediated. |
| Topical Outline: | Case Studies on the Civil Rights Movement, Environmental Movement, Women's Movement, Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement, Moral Majority, Pro-Life and/or similar movements.
Writing and/or speaking for social change.
Structuring communication for social change. |
| Honor Code Reference: | Academic honesty is – defined broadly and simply – the performance of all academic work without cheating, lying, stealing, or receiving assistance from any other person or using any source of information not appropriately authorized or attributed” (From the Preamble to “A Culture of Honesty”). The University, the Department of Communication Studies, and I personally take academic honesty very seriously. Every student at the University of Georgia should be familiar with the booklet, “A Culture of Honesty: Policies and Procedures on Academic Dishonesty.” If you are not, please obtain one of these booklets and read it carefully. This document has a thorough presentation of four types of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, unauthorized assistance, lying/tampering, and theft, as well as the procedures that are in place to adjudicate alleged incidents of academic dishonesty. The policies and procedures described in “A Culture of Honesty” will be strictly followed.
University Mandated Statement Concerning the University Honor Code & Academic Honesty
All academic work must meet the standards contained in “A Culture of Honesty.” Students are responsible for informing themselves about those standards before performing any academic work. More detailed information about academic honesty can be found at http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/acadhon.htm. |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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