Briefly describe the topic you have chosen for your feature, and explain why you have chosen this topic, and how it would be relevant to the Walrus audience. What is the anticipated title of your feature?

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COMM 203 Proposal & Research

Required information is attached and the instruction of the assignment.

here is a few short videos about the topic:

Imagine you are pitching an investigative feature to the Walrus Magazine.

First, take a closer look at their examples to familiarize yourself with what an investigative feature is, the range of topics covered, and extent of research required:

You may choose a topic of current public/media interest, historical interest, or something with a human-interest angle. For inspiration, you may also review the work of Columbia School of Journalism students

Your topic must be investigative, and not just a story. You must dig into a topic to dig up facts and statistics, information and research, insights, and human interest. Please note that part of this assignment is to find your own topic; therefore, the instructor is unable to assign you a topic; however, the instructor can guide you if you are unsure your topic may be appropriate.

This is a course in Canadian non-academic research techniques, so your sources should be non-academic, and your topic should be something where you use Canadian sources to research it.

Prepare a one-to-two-page (600-800 words) proposal with bolded headers (note: this is NOT an essay, and you must follow the structure outlined below) which includes:

 

TOPIC

  • Briefly describe the topic you have chosen for your feature, and explain why you have chosen this topic, and how it would be relevant to the Walrus audience (it is recommended you review the Walrus media kit)
  • What is the anticipated title of your feature? (The title can make or break your feature, and so think hard about it, and use other titles for inspiration)
  • Who will you be pitching the article to? Provide name, title, and contact information.

 

RESEARCH PLAN

  • List in bullets the primary and secondary research sources you will be using (Note: You don’t have to have found every source, but you must identify the organizations or types of organizations where you will go to find those sources. But if you know the sources already, include them.)
  • For each source, briefly describe the specific types of information you will be seeking from those sources and why they are relevant

 

PRELIMINARY RESEARH

Conduct preliminary research using 2-3 sources mentioned above (sources you can more easily access), and share a summary of your findings, and why it is relevant to the article.

 

INTERVIEWEES x3

  • Provide the name, title, and organization of three persons you are planning to interview; any relevant links such as their website, LinkedIn, Twitter etc.
  • Explain why each one of these individuals is important/relevant to the investigation
  • Use your research skills to find them!

 

INTERVIEW

  • List in bullets five questions you plan to ask one of the above subjects (write the questions as if you were asking them directly)
  • Remember they can only answer about things within their jobs/lives/jurisdiction, and you can’t ask them to answer for other people or organizations. Use your interview to ask about their experiences, observations, anecdotes, and opinions, and not to ask about facts or information you can gather through your own research.

 

Format

  • Two pages; 600-800 words; clear and concise writing free of spelling mistakes
  • Include the above bolded headers (this is NOT an essay)
  • No titlepage. Include your name / student number at the top.
  • Word document

Grading Matrix

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Tips/Notes

After you carefully review the above details, let me know if you have any specific questions; however, please note that no additional guidelines will be provided since this is a creative exercise. This is an individual assignment, and any signs of collaboration (e.g., similar topics/answers) will be flagged and questioned.

***Not following the instructions may result in penalties***

 

In what situations would you be more likely to communicate emotions through electronic means rather than in person? Can you think of a display rule for emotions that is not mentioned in the chapter? What is it and why do you think this norm developed?

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COM220 Discussion Board #5 Emotions

Use as a source: Interpersonal Communication, Everyday Encounters by Julia Wood 9th edition IBSN: 0013581473 Publisher: Cengage

1. In what situations would you be more likely to communicate emotions through electronic means rather than in person?

2. Can you think of a display rule for emotions that is not mentioned in the chapter? What is it and why do you think this norm developed?

3. According to the text, a key aspect of emotional competence is adequate emotional vocabulary. For this exercise, you will reflect on your emotional vocabulary. Listed below are some of the more common emotion words people use. For each one, write out four other emotion words that describe subtle distinctions in feeling.
For example, anger may be substituted with: (1)resentment, (2) outrage, (3) offense, and (4) irritation depending on the intensity of the emotion.

What three adjectives/emotions can capture the nuances of:
1. Sadness
2. Anxiety
3. Happiness

4. Extend this exercise by trying to describe your feelings more precisely to others for the next week. Be sure to use I-language. Did expanding your emotional vocabulary this week give you and others more understanding of what you are feeling? In your opinion, does having an adequate emotional vocabulary represent emotional intelligence?

Write a letter to the mediate to communicate your company’s position on this matter and restore the public’s confidence in your restaurant. Describe the source of the problem and your company’s response.

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Write a Letter to Respond to Illness at a Restaurant

Imagine that you are the customer service manager for a restaurant. Recently, several of your customers became ill, some seriously, from an ingredient that was mishandled by your supplier. Write a letter to the mediate to communicate your company’s position on this matter and restore the public’s confidence in your restaurant. In your letter, be sure to describe the source of the problem and your company’s response.

explain a specific subject and to help the audience remember the knowledge later. Any effective speech also requires that the student integrate some concepts from the text, such as audience analysis to determine an appropriate topic and delivery strategy.

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Informative Speech

CREATING THE INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION ON CULTURE • TIME REQUIREMENT: 4 – 6 MINUTES
The purpose of any informative speech is to explain a specific subject and to help the audience remember the knowledge later. Any effective speech also requires that the student integrate some concepts from the text, such as audience analysis to determine an appropriate topic and delivery strategy.
For this particular presentation, your topic must be related to CULTURE. Your textbook defines culture in Chapter 5 as the “shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another.” Do not confuse culture with ethnicity, which refers to ancestry or heritage.

Obviously, different countries have different cultures. However, culture may be local as well. For example, how do churches vary in their practices or culture? (Remember a church could have members of different ethnicities who share a common religious culture.) Does NSU have a different culture than LSU? Does the military or particular military units have distinct cultures? Do gamers have a distinct culture? Think of any organization or group and start asking yourself what makes this group unique and what are their shared values, norms, “lingo” or jargon, and so on.
Your presentation topic could be related to an aspect of culture personal to you or your family, or you can research a culture that interests you and will interest your classmates. Regardless, your presentation may NOT rely solely on personal experience. Research is required. Given the time limit of 4-6 minutes, you must narrow your topic, which could be social customs, traditions, holidays, food, artifacts, sporting or entertainment activities, and the like.

For the purposes of audience analysis, your audience will be our class, for which you have been asked to be a guest speaker. During the semester, you will have had ample opportunity to learn more about your classmates.
Although you are not required to “dress up” for your presentation, showing some care in your appearance can help with your credibility.

How is the letter organized- using the direct or indirect approach? What specific examples in the text tell you it’s organized in this way? Do you believe this is the best approach for this letter? Why or why not? Compose a summary of your analysis.

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Title: Identify the Organization of a Persuasive Letter

When you graduate, you may receive communications from your school’s alumni office. For example, the “Open Letter” from Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is posted on the school’s website (Figure 18- page 227 of your text). Read the letter, then answer the following questions:

How is the letter organized- using the direct or indirect approach? What specific examples in the text tell you it’s organized in this way? Do you believe this is the best approach for this letter? Why or why not? Compose a summary of your analysis.

 

 

 

Identify two nonverbal behaviors that would signal a positive interaction during a job interview. Define each of these behaviors. Identify two nonverbal behaviors that would signal a negative interaction in this context. Define each of these behaviors and use key terminology from the text.

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COM220- Discussion Board #4: Nonverbal Communication and Listening

Use as a source: Interpersonal Communication, Everyday Encounters by Julia Wood 9th edition IBSN: 0013581473 Publisher: Cengage

Chapter 5: The World Beyond Words (Nonverbal Communication):
1. Identify two nonverbal behaviors that would signal a positive interaction during a job interview. Define each of these behaviors. Then identify two nonverbal behaviors that would signal a negative interaction in this context Define each of these behaviors and use key terminology from the text. (3 points)

2. Social experiment: For 30 minutes to an hour, please refrain from smiling during a social interaction. Do not let the person you are conversing with know you are engaging in a social experiment. Continue to speak as you normally would and discuss topics of interest, but try not to smile. How did the other person respond? How did you feel refraining from smiling for 30 minutes to an hour. Based on the text and your experience, why do we value smiling during social interactions? Is smiling is an accurate portrayal of liking and intimacy? Explain. ( 2 points)

Chapter 6: Mindful Listening
For this week, I would like you to practice your listening skills.
1. First, I would like you to meet with a friend, spouse, classmate, colleague, parent/guardian, or sibling.

Identify three topics that you and your partner will discuss – perhaps
What are you doing after graduation?
What’s your hometown like?
What are your plans for Thanksgiving Break?

Each of you should privately identify feelings about those topics that you will communicate – your fear or excitement about the future, your longing or distaste for home, your happiness or disappointment with your next vacation.

Discuss those topics while each of you tries to figure out the other person’s feelings. Pay close attention to your partner’s nonverbal and verbal cues. Avoid the question “What emotions do you feel about X?” Figure that out through the open-ended questions you ask.

When you are done, check how close your perceptions were to the feelings your partner had during your conversation. Be sure to ask your partner if your interpretation of their feelings were correct.

Write about the conversation in your discussion post. What were the topics discussed with your partner? Was your perception of your partner’s feelings about the topics accurate?Contemplate why or why not. ( 2 points)
– What type of listening did you engage in? ( 1 point)
– What strategies did you adopt to listen actively (refer to the text or video)? ( 1 point)
– Were there barriers or potential barriers to your active listening? What were they? ( 1 point)

Why do you feel it was an effective argument? Was there anything in the targeting theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy that might be applicable here? How did he target the “needs” or the beliefs of the clergy who were the recipients of the letter?

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Wisdom 9: Letter From Birmingham Jail

INSTRUCTION

This week, your task is to respond to the letter written by Martin Luther King. After reading the “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” I want you to answer the following two questions:

1. What do you feel was Dr. Martin Luther King’s best argument in his letter to counter the clergy’s Unity Letter?

2. Why do you feel it was an effective argument? Was there anything in the targeting theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy that might be applicable here? How did he target the “needs” or the beliefs of the clergy who were the recipients of the letter? Remember, Dr. King was writing to the clergy in Birmingham who felt that he was an outsider who should not be in Birmingham. How effective or well targeted was Dr. King’s argument?

Explain how we see the principles of the Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations present in the film. Use at least three specific examples from the film to illustrate principles from the theory.

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Office Space Reflection Assignment

As homework, you will need to view the 1999 film Office Space. It is available for rental on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and in the iTunes Store. Please note that the film is rated R.
After viewing the film, you will apply the principles of Deetz’s Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations to it in the form of a short essay.

Expectations:
 2 – 3 pages, double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman or Calibri
 Explain how we see the principles of the Critical Theory of Communication in Organizations present in the film. Use at least three specific examples from the film to illustrate principles from the theory.
 Offer a concluding paragraph reflecting on the value of these principles for life beyond the film.

Discuss the different ways people use social media to post and share. Discuss journalist use social media as part of their jobs.

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The roll of social media in spreading news

This paper needs to discuss the different ways people use social media to post and share. This paper should discuss journalist use social media as part of their jobs.

Identify a specific example of the fundamental attribution error in your perceptions. Describe how you explained your own behavior and that of others. Then, revise your explanation in such a way that it no longer reflects the fundamental attribution error. Demonstrate your knowledge of the course concepts.

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COM220- Discussion 2

Chapter 2
Go to the following link: https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
First, you will need to go to the Login Tab and “Register” for an Account. Do not need to enter your social media handles (e.g., Twitter, Reddit).

Second, Go to the Questionnaires Tab and click on VIA Survey of Character Strengths

Third, Take the University of Pennnsylvania’s VIA Survey. The survey may take up to 45 minutes to an hour to complete (240 questions).Complete it. This survey accurately captures individuals’ self-concepts.

Fourth, respond to the following:
(a) What are your top two strengths? If you are comfortable sharing, what is your bottom strength (24th)?
(b) Do the results of this survey align with how you see yourself? What does “self-concept” mean?
(c) Based on this week’s readings and video lesson, what factors may contribute to your top two strengths (e.g., direct definitions, social comparison, media, culture, attachment style, etc.)? Demonstrate your knowledge of the course concepts here.
(d) If you are interested in improving your bottom strength (24th), what strategies might you engage in to better yourself in this area? Reference strategies from the text.

Chapter 3:
1. Define the fundamental attribution error.
2. Identify a specific example of the fundamental attribution error in your perceptions. Describe how you explained your own behavior and that of others. Then, revise your explanation in such a way that it no longer reflects the fundamental attribution error. Demonstrate your knowledge of the course concepts.
3. How can you avoid making these perceptual errors in the future?