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COM 310 Week 1 DQ 1
COM 310 Entire Course
COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Communication Introduction Worksheet COM 310 Week
1 DQ 1 COM 310 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 1 DQ
3 COM 310 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Communication Theories Matrix COM 310 Week 2 DQ
1 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 2 COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3 COM 310
Week 2 DQ4 COM 310 Week 3 Learning Team Script
Project Action Plan COM 310 Week 3 Individual
Assignment Assessing Your Organizations Values
Week 1 DQ 1 Please study the syllabus to
familiarize yourself with the objectives we will
be covering in this course. What are your
expectations of this class? Do you have any
preconceived notions when you hear the term
"Communication Theory"?
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COM 310 Week 1 DQ 3
COM 310 Week 1 DQ 2
Week 1 DQ 2 Your text discusses the concept of
individual "fields of experience". How does a
person's field of experience influence a
communication event? Can you think of a
communication experience or relationship you have
had that was significantly influenced by
differing fields of experience? (Remember, this
doesn't necessarily refer to a "field of
experience" as in work experience!)
Week 1 DQ 3 (I realize this is the last day of
Week 1, but I wanted to post this anyway, just to
highlight another theory from the Week 1 reading.
It is perfectly fine for this discussion to carry
into the first few days of Week 2.)   Chapter 8
of your text discusses the Expectancy Violations
Theory. One major premise of this theory is that
people have expectations about the behaviors
(both verbal and nonverbal) of others. Can you
provide an example from your own life that
relates to the Expectancy Violations Theory?
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COM 310 Week 2 DQ 1
COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Communication Introduction Worksheet
Communication Introduction Worksheet
(Individual). Complete the University of Phoenix
Material Communication Introduction Worksheet
located in Week One of the COM310 ecampus page.
Instructions and details of the assignment are
included.
Week 2 DQ 1 Chapter 9 of your text discusses the
Uncertainty Reduction Theory which is the only
communication theory devoted to initial
interactions. There are seven axioms of URT.
Please choose one axiom and discuss how you have
experienced this axiom of URT in a past
communication exchange. Do you think your
knowledge of the URT will influence your future
initial interactions?
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COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3
COM 310 Week 2 DQ 2
Week 2 DQ 3 Chapter 13 of your text discusses the
Communication Privacy Management Theory, which is
a practical theory designed to explain the
everyday issue of whether or not to tell someone
something. Many of our interactions (personal,
school, work) in today's world occur in an online
environment. How does the Communication Privacy
Management Theory apply to online relationships?
Is there more or less disclosure in online
relationships?
Week 2 DQ 2 Chapter 10 of your text discusses the
Social Penetration Theory which involves
self-disclosure. What are the consequences of
poorly planned or inappropriate self-disclosure?
Can you think of examples from your own life
where self-disclosure caused a problem?
Conversely, what are the benefits of
self-disclosure?
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COM 310 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Communication Theories Matrix
COM 310 Week 2 DQ4
Communication Theories Matrix (Learning
Team) Complete the University of Phoenix Material
Communication Theories Matrix located in Week
One of the COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and
details of the assignment are included. Please
complete the peer evaluation form after this
assignment is completed.
Week 2 DQ 4 Chapter 11 of your text discusses the
Social Exchange Theory which is based on the
notion that people review and weigh their
relationships in terms of costs and rewards. Does
applying this theory to your current or past
relationships help you understand those
relationships? (These can be personal
relationships or work-related relationships.)
Explain your answer.
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COM 310 Week 3 DQ 2
COM 310 Week 3 DQ 1
Week 3 DQ 2 Chapter 15 of your text discusses
the Adaptive Structuration Theory. This theory
has three main components Agency and
reflexivity, duality of structure, and social
integration. Please choose one of these elements
of the Adaptive Structuration Theory and discuss
your experiences with that element. Do you think
the Adaptive Structuration Theory is useful in
providing an understanding of how structures that
are created in groups influence communication and
decisions?
Week 3 DQ 1 Chapter 14 of your text discusses the
concept of Groupthink. Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages associated with having a high level
of cohesiveness among members of a group. Have
you ever been in a group where Groupthink was an
issue? If so, what could have been done to avoid
Groupthink? If not, what has been done that has
allowed you to avoid Groupthink in a group
situation?
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COM 310 Week 3 DQ 4
COM 310 Week 3 DQ 3
Week 3 DQ 3 Chapter 17 discusses the
Organizational Information Theory and the
associated concept of "equivocality". Recall an
organization in which you were or are a member
(workplace, sports team, volunteer organization,
community group, etc.). Can you remember an
incident when you or the organization received
ambiguous information? If so, what "rules" did
you or the organization use in dealing with this
equivocality?
Week 3 DQ 4 Chapter 16 of your text discusses the
Organizational Culture Theory. In the
introduction to the chapter there is a story
about Fran Callahan and her job with Jewelry
Plus. How do you think employees like Fran
Callahan can successfully ease into a new
organizational culture? Based on the information
you read about the Organizational Culture Theory,
what advice would you give Fran as she begins her
"new" job with Jewelry Plus? Have you ever been
in a position like the one Fran finds herself in
now? (And I don't mean as a jewelry salesperson!)
Please use the information that describes the
Organizational Culture Theory to help strengthen
your example.
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COM 310 Week 3 Learning Team Script Project
Action Plan
COM 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessing
Your Organizations Values
Learning Team Script Project Action Plan
(Learning Team) Complete the Week Three section
of the University of Phoenix Material Final
Learning Team Script Project located in Week Two
of the COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and
details of the assignment are included. Please
complete the peer evaluation form after this
assignment is completed. As a note, your action
plan should be completed in proper APA format
(with a cover page) and should outline the steps
your team will go through (and the
responsibilities) to complete the remainder of
the project.
Write a 900- to 1,200-word paper in which you
analyze the values of the organization for which
you work. Observe and analyze the corporate or
business culture. Include the structure of the
organization and information sharing practices.
In the introduction to your paper, explain and
provide the relevant background of your
organization. Answer the following questions.
How do structure and power relationships
influence decision-making within your
organization?
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COM 310 Week 4 DQ 2
COM 310 Week 4 DQ 1
Week 4 DQ 2 Chapter 22 of your text discusses
George Gerbner and the concept of Cultivation
Analysis. For this discussion question please
discuss reality TV (such as Survivor, Jersey
Shore, Real World) and the extent to which
Cultivation theorists would analyze these shows.
What features of reality television are
opportunistic to study? In your opinion, what
would Gerbner say about this television
programming? (Try to reference your text here to
strengthen your opinion.)
Week 4 DQ 1 Chapter 18 of your text
discussesAristotle and his Rhetoric. Aristotle
spent a great deal of time considering the
content of a public speech but also indicates
that it is crucial for a speaker to consider
delivery as well. In your opinion of public
speaking, which element is more important-
content or delivery? Explain your response by
including an example from a presentation you have
witnessed or delivered. Also, try to incorporate
some of Aristotle's way of thinking about this
issue by quoting and referencing your text.
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COM 310 Week 4 DQ 4
COM 310 Week 4 DQ 3
Week 4 DQ 4 Chapter 23 of your text discusses the
Uses and Gratifications Theory. What feature of
Uses and Gratifications Theory is most appealing
or most applicable to you? Why? Please
incorporate examples and text references into
your response.
Week 4 DQ 3 Chapter 24 of your text discusses the
Spiral of Silence Theory (SST) which rests on
public opinion. One of the assertions of the SST
is that people "seek out the media to confirm or
disconfirm their observations and then interpret
their own observations through the media"
(p.414). Considering that the Internet has become
a powerful media outlet, what kind of influence
do you think the Internet has on public opinion?
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COM 310 Week 4 Learning Team Script Project
Appendices
COM 310 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Communication Theories Paper
Learning Team Script Project Appendixes
(Learning Team) Complete the Week Four section of
the University of Phoenix MaterialFinal Learning
Team Script Project located in Week Two of the
COM310 ecampus page. Instructions and details of
the assignment are included. Please complete the
peer evaluation form after this assignment is
completed.
Communication Theories Paper (Individual) Write a
1,900 to 2,700-word paper that applies three of
the communication theories you have studied so
far to your personal and/or professional life.
Please make sure your paper is written in proper
APA format. First, start off by describing each
theorys primary tenets. For the theory, provide
at least one example as to how this theory
connects to your life (for instance, you may
describe a situation or experience you had that
illustrates the theory). Make sure to connect the
material in your example back to the primary
tenets of the theory
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COM 310 Week 5 DQ 2
COM 310 Week 5 DQ 1
Week 5 DQ 2 Chapter 29 of your text introduces
the Communication Accommodation Theory which
defines accommodation as the ability to
(typically unconsciously) "adjust, modify, or
regulate one's behavior in response to another"
(p.495). Why is it useful to engage in
communication accommodation when interacting with
other groups? What are the potential
disadvantages of employing communication
accommodation? How does communication
accommodation influence your perception of others?
Week 5 DQ 1 Chapter 27 of your text discusses the
Standpoint Theory, which includes the concept
that there are multiple truths to any given
situation and therefore communication is based on
subjectivity. If all truths are understood as
coming from some subjective standpoint, how is it
possible for people to communicate? How do we
reach agreement among people with different
viewpoints?
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COM 310 Week 5 Individual Assignment Television
News Program Analysis Assignment
Watch television news coverage of the same story
on three different TV networks to address the
following three questions. Write an analysis of
your findings in a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper.
Include how the three different forms of coverage
of the same news story are portrayed and how the
segments are framed with regard to presentation
and bias. Cite at least two peer-reviewed sources
other than your textbook. What are the
points of view of the segments? Are they
objective or subjective? How do they demonstrate
that point of view? What was included that should
not have been? What was omitted? (Answer with
approximately 700 words.)
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