COM 207: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION INQUIRY

COM 207: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION INQUIRY

Introduction to Communication Inquiry is a foundational course for all communication majors. It prepares you for more in-depth courses on single communication topics by showing you how communication theory and research interrelate. The course is structured as follows: Each week contains a Module. Each week’s Module is comprised of a Theory Track and a connected Research Track. The Theory Track provides you with a variety of important communication theories, which will help you to understand communication in various contexts and introduce you to ways of knowing, or epistemology.
The Research Track introduces you to communication research. Research includes finding and understanding scholarly information about a specific communication theory, summarizing what is known about that communication theory, and identifying questions that the theory has not yet answered. You will select a communication theory, conduct a review of relevant communication research literature, and compose an academic literature review using APA style.
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Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
understand the basic paradigms of human communication inquiry.
understand and apply the basic vocabulary of communication research and theory.
recognize, describe, and explain a broad range of communication theories.
locate, read, and critically summarize communication research studies.
write a review of literature (“synthesis of scholarship”) in appropriate academic style.
explore the relationship between communication theory and practice in the context of your everyday life.
Required Texts:
Griffin, E., Ledbetter, A., & Sparks, G. (2015). Communication: A first look at communication theory (9th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill.
American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.*
*It is strongly recommended that you obtain a copy of the 6th edition APA Manual. This is animportant resource for doing well in all of your upper division communication classes. Used copies are readily available online.
Other texts, including academic articles posted to Blackboard as well as several that you will find and acquire on your own, are also part of your required readings.
ASU Disability Resource Center:
Students with disabilities that have been certified by the ASU Disability Resource Center (DRC) will be appropriately accommodated. They must, however, inform the instructor of their needs as soon as possible, provide the appropriate documentation within the first week of class, and make all necessary arrangements with the DRC……………………………..

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