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COM 310 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Entire Course (UOP Course)
  COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Communication Introduction Worksheet (UOP
Course) COM 310 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) COM 310
Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
  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 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
  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.)
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
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COM 310 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Communication Introduction Worksheet (UOP Course)
  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?  
  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.
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COM 310 Week 2 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
  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?
  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 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 2 DQ 4 (UOP Course)
  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.
  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 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
  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.
  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
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COM 310 Week 3 DQ 4 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 3 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
  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
  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,
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COM 310 Week 3 Learning Team Script Project
Action Plan (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Assessing
Your Organizations Values (UOP Course)
  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
  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
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COM 310 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)
  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
  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?
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COM 310 Week 4 DQ 4 (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 4 DQ 3 (UOP Course)
  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.  
  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
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COM 310 Week 4 Learning Team Script Project
Appendices (UOP Course)
COM 310 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Communication Theories Paper (UOP Course)
  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.  
  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.
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