Theories of Learning and Communication
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the different learning theories and the social, cultural and institutional barriers to communication. This paper integrates specific strategies to improve communication in the teaching/learning environment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MHEdCom3.rtf

Three Communication Theories
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A 3 page paper discussing Julia Wood’s narrative, dialectic and dramaturgical communication theories. They can classify communication in the present, but they do not accommodate changes in relationships that result in changes in types of communication between the individuals involved. Even so, they are useful for analyzing the type of communication that is occurring between individuals in the present. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KScommTheoWood.rtf

Todd Gitlin's, "The Whole World is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left":
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This 3 page paper provides an examination of the basic assumptions of this book, by focusing on the antiwar demonstrations. Furthermore, this paper provides an evaluation of the book that highlights Gitlin's extensive education and expertise in this area. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: GSGitlin.rtf

Traps in History
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(3 pp) Author, James Baldwin claims that, 'James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare—but it may be the history from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.' Malcolm X and Elie Wiesel are used as examples as well as the writer's personal history. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBmalx.doc.

TV isn't violent enough
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A paper which looks critically at Oppenheim's study of media violence, and considers whether the hypothesis which he puts forward is valid in the light of other, more recent research into the impact of TV violence on the public in general, and young people in particular. Annotated bibliography with 5 sources.
Filename: JLoppen.rtf

Upwards Communication in Cultures
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This 10 page paper considers the question of how messages are communicated upwards in cultures, and assesses situations where power distance is high, the need to avoid uncertainty is high and the relationships are collectivist. This paper considers the issues related to upward communication based on cultural assessments. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHCulCom.wps

Uses & Gratifications Approach
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Approximately 3 pages of information on this communications theory which basically examines the social roles that constrain audience needs, opportunities, and choices. Part of this file is a "working" (annotated) bibliography.
Filename: Commprac.wps