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1IntroductiontoHumanCommunicationandCultureClass#andSection:E59.
0005,section5Classtime&room:Mon/Wed3:30-4:45,East420&Sliver721Instructor:Dr.
GabriellaColemanOffice:713Officehours:Tuesday2:00-3:30p.
m.
&byappointmentPhone:212-992-7696e-mail:biella@nyu.
edu/biella.
class@gmail.
comCOURSEDESCRIPTION&OVERVIEWThiscourseexaminesmajorconcepts,theories,andresearchperspectiveswithinthefieldofcultureandhumancommunication.
Itwillintroduceandreviewkeyapproachestothestudyofhumaninteraction,rhetoric,language,persuasion,andculturalprocessesacrossdiversecontexts.
Asastudentofthisclass,youwillexploreitsinterdisciplinarycharacter,examiningtheroleoflanguageandmeaning;howlanguagestructuresreality;thenonverbalaspectsofsocialinteraction;andtheprocessesandmeaningsofinteractioninvariedcontexts,suchasinterpersonal,smallgroups,andorganizations.
Specifically,thecourseprovidesaframeworkfromwhichyoucanthinkseriouslyabouthowcultureandsocietyareconstructedinourcommunicativepractices.
Wewillexaminethesocial,cultural,andpoliticalimpactsofcommunicationasitunfoldsineverydaylife.
Bysemester'send,youwilldevelopthecriticaltoolstoconsidertheprocessandroleofcommunicationincontemporarysocietyandbegintoestablishyourownperspectivesonthestudyofhumancommunication.
COURSEFORMAT,GENERALREQUIREMENTS,&ATTENDANCEIwillbegineachclasswithashortintroductorylecturethatexaminesthethemesandreadingsfortheweek.
Therestoftheclassshouldfunctiontopromoteclassdiscussionandstudent-ledconversationaboutthevariousreadings.
Becauseactiveparticipationindiscussionisthecornerstoneoftheclass,youshouldcomepreparedfordiscussionandwithcopiesofthereading.
Toaidourdiscussionandtoimproveyourwritingskills,youwillberequiredtoturnineightBlackboardpostswhereyouwill(1)provideabrief,oneparagraphsummaryoftheargumentofeachreading(2)poseatleastoneconceptualquestionaboutthereadingsand/ortopicsunderdiscussion.
FourofthemmustbepostedbeforeclassonOctober22.
Inaddition,therewillbeanin-classmid-termconsistingofmultiplechoiceandtrue/falsequestionsaswellasatake-homefinalexam.
Youwillalsohavetwoshortwritingassignmentsduringthecourseoftheclass.
Moreinformationontheseassignments2willbeprovidedinclass.
Becausethisisaseminarcourse,regularclassattendanceisrequired.
Threeormoremissedclasseswithoutpriornoticesorexcusewillresultinyourgradebeingdroppedbyonehalfletter.
Pleasebeadvisedthatnolateworkwillbeacceptedandnoexamwillberescheduledwithoutaprecedingagreementwithyourinstructor.
Delayedduedateswillberare,authorizedonlyundertrulyjustifiedcircumstances(whichwillbedefinedassuchonlybyyourinstructor).
Becausethissyllabusisaguide,changesinschedule,readings,orassignmentsmayoccur.
Youwillbeproperlynotifiedinadvanceifchangesneedtobemade.
GRADINGClassParticipationandQuestions:15%Mid-TermExam:30%Twoassignments:30%(15%each).
FinalExam:25%EVALUATIONA=ExcellentThisworkiscomprehensiveanddetailed,integratingthemesandconceptsfromdiscussions,lecturesandreadings.
Writingisclear,analyticalandorganized.
Argumentsofferspecificexamplesandconciselyevaluateevidence.
Studentswhoearnthisgradearepreparedforclass,synthesizecoursematerialsandcontributeinsightfully.
B=GoodThisworkiscompleteandaccurate,offeringinsightsatgenerallevelofunderstanding.
Writingisclear,usesexamplesproperlyandtendstowardbroadanalysis.
Classroomparticipationisconsistentandthoughtful.
C=AverageThisworkiscorrectbutislargelydescriptive,lackinganalysis.
Writingisvagueandattimestangential.
Argumentsareunorganized,withoutspecificexamplesoranalysis.
Classroomparticipationisinarticulate.
D=UnsatisfactoryThisworkisincomplete,andevidenceslittleunderstandingofthereadingsordiscussions.
Argumentsdemonstrateinattentiontodetail,misunderstandcoursematerialandoverlooksignificantthemes.
Classroomparticipationisspotty,unpreparedandofftopic.
F=FailedThisgradeindicatesafailuretoparticipate.
Plusandminusgradeindicatethestandingwithintheabovegrades.
STUDENTSWITHDISABILITIESAnystudentattendingNYUwhoneedsanaccommodationduetoachronic,psychological,visual,mobilityand/orlearningdisability,orisDeaforHardofHearingshouldregisterwiththeMosesCenterforStudentswithDisabilitiesat212998-4980,240GreeneStreet,www.
nyu.
edu/csd.
RELIGIOUSOBSERVANCESStudentswhofollowspecialreligiousholidaysthatmayinterferewiththeclassscheduleneedtoseemeatthebeginningofthesemestertotalkaboutyourschedule.
ACADEMICDISHONESTY&PLAGARISMPlagiarismorcheatingonanyassignmentwillnotbetoleratedunderanycircumstancesandwillresultinafailureoftheassignmentandpossiblyfailureofthisclass.
"Academicintegrityistheguidingprincipleforallthatyoudo…youviolatetheprinciplewhenyou:cheatonanexam;submit3thesameworkfortwodifferentcourseswithoutpriorpermissionfromyourprofessors;receivehelponatake-homecourseswithoutpriorpermissionfromyourprofessors;receivehelponatake-homethatcallsforindependentwork;orplagiarize.
Youplagiarizewhen,withoutproperattribution,youdoanyofthefollowing:copyverbatimfromabook,article,orothermedia;downloaddocumentsfromtheInternet;purchasedocuments;paraphraseorrestatesomeoneelse'sfacts,analysis,and/orconclusions…"(seeSchoolofEducationBulletin,2004-6,p.
174)FORMATAllwrittenworkmustbetyped,double-spaced,andpaginated.
Pleasestaplemultiplepages.
Studentsarestronglyencouragedtopurchaseatleastonestylemanual,whichwillhelptoimprovetheorganizationandcompositionofyourwrittenwork,andhelpensurepropercitationofsources.
IrecommendDoingHonestWorkinCollege:Howtopreparecitations,avoidplagiarism,andachieverealacademicsuccessandTheMLAHandbookforWritersofResearchPapers.
Whatevercitationstyleyouchoose,pleaseuseitconsistentlythroughoutyourwriting.
OnlineWritingResources:http://www.
internet-resources.
com/writers/wrlinks-wordstuff.
htmSTUDENTRESOURCESHenryandLucyMosesCenterforstudentswithdisabilities:240GreeneSt,2ndFloorWritingCenter:269MercerStreet,Room233.
Scheduleanappointmentonlineatwww.
rich15.
com/nyu/orjustwalk-in.
READINGS&OTHERMATERIALS:MostreadingsareavailableonBlackboard.
ThefollowingtwotextsarerequiredandareavailableforpurchaseattheNYUBookstore:Trenholm,S.
(2005).
ThinkingThroughCommunication.
(5thed.
)NewYork:Pearson.
AvailableatNYUBookstore.
Goffman,E.
(1959).
ThePresentationofSelfinEverydayLife.
Woodstock,N.
Y.
:OverlookPress.
AvailableatNYUBookstoreSelectedarticlesareavailableonBlackboard.
COURSESCHEDULESection1:WhatisCommunicationTheoryWeek1.
1.
September5:IntroductionDuringthefirstmeetingwewilldiscussthesyllabus,goalsandrequirementsofthecourse.
Week2.
2.
September10:WhatisCommunicationTheory,WhatisCultureTrenholm,Chapter1,pp.
18-25,Chapter12,343-348("DefiningCommunication.
.
"&"WhatisCulture.
.
")Carey,"ACulturalApproachtoCommunication"1.
September12:Twomodels:PsychologicalModelandSocialConstructionistModelTrenholm,Chapter1,pp.
25-32("CommunicationasMessageTransmission"&"CommunicationasWorldBuilding")Berger&Luckmann,"TheFoundationsofKnowledgeinEverydayLife"4Week3.
1.
September17:Threemoremodels:PragmaticModel,CulturalStudies,andEthnographyTrenholm,Chapter1,pp.
32-40("CommunicationasPatternedInteraction,""CulturalStudies,"&"WhattoLookFor…")Geertz,"CommonSenseasaCulturalSystem"Section2:Language,Metaphor,&Rhetoric2.
September19:LanguageTrenholm,Chapter4,pp.
71-85("WhatisLanguage,""TheSubsystemsofLanguage,"&"PragmaticStyles&Structures")Colapinto,"TheInterpreter"Pinker,"Mentalese"Week4.
1.
September24:LanguageNietzsche.
"OnTruthandLies"2.
September26:Language,Speaking,andtheSocialPowerofNamesBasso,"SpeakingwithNames:LanguageandLandscapeamongWesternApache"Week5.
1.
October1:PerceptionandListeningTrenholm,Chapter3Young,"Whatthe----isyourproblem"2.
October3:MetaphorLakoff&Johnson,MetaphorsWeLiveBy(selections)Sontag,IllnessasMetaphor(selections)Week6.
1.
October8:NoClassColumbusDay2.
October10:RhetoricTrenholm,Chapter1and"TheRhetoricofAristotle,"sections1.
1-1.
4(NB—IhaveincludedBook1ofAristotle'sRhetoricinitsentiretyforyourreference,butyouareonlyresponsibleforthefirst4sections.
)Week7.
1.
October15:ApplyingAristotleBarthes,"TheRhetoricoftheImage"5Section3:CommunicationinContextsandGenresofCommunication2.
October17:Non-VerbalCommunicationTrenholmChapter5,pp.
107-118("WhatisNonverbalCommunication"&firstsectionsof"TheNonverbalCodes")Hebdige,"TheMeaningofStyle"Gladwell,"TheTheoryofThinSlices:HowaLittleBitofKnowledgeGoesaLongWay"Ambaday,"Surgeons'ToneofVoice:ACluetoMalpracticeHistory.
"Surgery13291:5-9.
Week8.
1.
October22:Proxemics—SpaceasCommunicationTrenholm,Chapter5,pp.
124-130("TerritoryandtheUseofSpace,""SpatialArrangement,""PersonalSpace"&"Touch")Rosenbloom,"InCertainCircles,TwoisaCrowd"http://www.
nytimes.
com/2006/11/16/fashion/16space.
htmlei=5090&en=254c2d8760696f70&ex=1321333200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=allE.
T.
Hall,"CultureasCommunication""AnthropologyofSpace"&"DistancesinMan"2.
October24:Chronemics--TimeasCommunicationTrenholmChapter5,pp.
122-126("TimeOrientations")E.
T.
Hall,"Introduction"&"HowManyKindsofTime"Rifkin,"TheNewNanosecondCultureTimeandSpaceassignmenthandedout.
PleasereturnonOctober30viaemailandbringahardcopytoclassonOctober31st.
Week9.
1.
October29:InterpersonalCommunicationandSelfPresentationTrenholm,Chapter6,pp.
141-164("WhatisInterpersonalCommunication,""ManagingInterpersonalCommunication,"RelationalDevelopment"&"IncreasingRelationalSkills"sectionsondisclosure,conflictandfeedback)Goffman,"Introduction"inThePresentationofSelfinEverydayLife2.
October31:InterpersonalCommunicationandSelfPresentationGoffman,Chapter3fromThePresentationofSelfinEverydayLifeElliot,"TheFaceBehindtheMask"Week10.
1.
November5:TechnologicallyMediatedCommunicationInClassmovie:TheParlorHall,"LipServiceontheFantasyLines"Elliot,"AmputeesbyChoice"2.
November7:Stereotype,Bias,andEthnicityMoore,"RacistStereotypingintheEnglishLanguage"Nakayama,"Dis/orientingIdentities:Asian,Americans,History,andInterculturalCommunication"Gladwell,"TheWarrenHardingError:WhyWeFallforTall,Dark,andHandsomeMen"6Week11.
1.
November12:ExamInclassmid-termexam.
2.
November14:Movie"Movie:DividedHighways:TheInterstatesandtheTransformationofAmericanLife.
"Pickupassignmentquestions.
TheyaredueviaemailonNovember20thandpleasebringinahardcopyonthe21st.
Week12.
1.
November19:RumorTurner,IHeardItThroughtheGrapevine:RumorinAfrican-AmericanCulture(Selections)Ellis,TuningIntoPavementRadioGoodnough,Oh,EveryoneKnowsThat(ExceptYou).
http://www.
nytimes.
com/2007/09/02/weekinreview/02goodnough.
html_r=1&ref=weekinreview&oref=slogin2.
November21:SocialStructure,Class,andHumorBernstein,"SocialClass,LanguageandSocialization"Mulkay,"HumourandSocialStructure"Week13.
1.
November26:Cross-CulturalPerspectivesinCommunicationTrenholm,Chapter4,pp.
91-93("Language&CultureDifference")&Chapter11,pgs.
320-342("WhatisCulture""BarrierstoInterculturalCommunication"&"AdaptingtoNewCultures")Bohannon,"ShakespeareintheBush"Leonardi,"Problematizing'new'media"2.
November28:GroupandOrganizationalCommunicationTrenholm,Chapter7,pgs.
177-199("WhatisaGroup""ManagingGroupCommunication,GroupDevelopment,""HowNottobeChosenLeader,"&first3partsof"StrengtheningGroupDiscussionSkills")Human&Bruce"TowardaDynamicFrameworkofApologia:ACaseStudyofDowChemical,VietnamandtheNaplamControversy"Week14.
1.
December3:Publiccommunication—NewsTrenholm,Chapter10,pp.
311-321("MediaFormats&Logics")Postman,"Now…This"Parenti,"WhoControlstheNews"2.
December5:PoliticalCommunicationandthePoliticsofCommunicationKobena,"BlackHair/StylePolitics.
"Senior,"ThePoliticsofPersonalityDestruction"@http://nymag.
com/news/politics/32864/Week15.
1.
December10:GenderandCommunicationandGossipTrenholm,Chapter4,pp.
85-90("GenderandLanguage")7Coates,"GossipRevisited:LanguageinAllFemaleGroups"Cohn,"SexandDeathintheRationalWorldofDefenseIntellectuals"2.
December12:CommunicationEthicsandReviewforFinalTakeHomeExamsHandedOut.
Read/reviewTrenholm"BecomingaMoreResponsibleCommunicator"attheendofChapters6-10&Chapter11,"BecomingaMoreOpenCommunicator"ReviewforFinalTheSteinhardtSchoolofEducationStatementonAcademicIntegrity*"Yourdegreeshouldrepresentgenuinelearning"TherelationshipbetweenstudentsandfacultyisthekeystoneoftheeducationalexperienceinTheSteinhardtSchoolofEducationatNewYorkUniversity.
Thisrelationshiptakesanhonorcodeforgranted.
Mutualtrust,respectandresponsibilityarefoundationalrequirements.
Thus,howyoulearnisasimportantaswhatyoulearn.
AUniversityeducationaimsnotonlytoproducehighqualityscholars,buttoalsocultivatehonorablecitizens.
Academicintegrityistheguidingprincipleforallthatyoudo,fromtakingexams,makingoralpresentationstowritingtermpapers.
Itrequiresthatyourecognizeandacknowledgeinformationderivedfromothers,andtakecreditonlyforideasandworkthatareyours.
Youviolatetheprincipleofacademicintegritywhenyou:Cheatonanexam;Submitthesameworkfortwodifferentcourseswithoutpriorpermissionfromyourprofessors;Receivehelponatake-homeexaminationthatcallsforindependentwork;Plagiarize.
Plagiarism,oneofthegravestformsofacademicdishonestyinuniversitylife,whetherintendedornot,isacademicfraud.
Inacommunityofscholars,whosemembersareteaching,learninganddiscoveringknowledge,plagiarismcannotbetolerated.
Plagiarismisfailuretoproperlyassignauthorshiptoapaper,adocument,anoralpresentation,amusicalscoreand/orothermaterialswhicharenotyouroriginalwork.
Youplagiarizewhen,withoutproperattribution,youdoanyofthefollowing:Copyverbatimfromabook,anarticleorothermedia;DownloaddocumentsfromtheInternet;Purchasedocuments;Reportfromother'soralwork;Paraphraseorrestatesomeoneelse'sfacts,analysisand/orconclusions;Copydirectlyfromaclassmateorallowaclassmatetocopyfromyou.
Yourprofessorsareresponsibleforhelpingyoutounderstandotherpeople'sideas,touseresourcesandconscientiouslyacknowledgethem,andtodevelopandclarifyyourownthinking.
Youshouldknowwhatconstitutesgoodandhonestscholarship,styleguidepreferences,andformatsforassignmentsforeachofyourcourses.
Consultyourprofessorsforhelpwithproblemsrelatedtofulfillingcourseassignments,includingquestionsrelatedtoattributionofsources.
Throughreading,writing,anddiscussion,youwillundoubtedlyacquireideasfromothers,andexchangeideasandopinionswithothers,includingyourclassmatesandprofessors.
Youwillbeexpected,andoftenrequired,tobuildyourownworkonthatofotherpeople.
Insodoing,youareexpectedtocreditthosesourcesthathavecontributedtothedevelopmentofyourideas.
AvoidingAcademicDishonestyOrganizeyourtimeappropriatelytoavoidunduepressure,andacquiregoodstudyhabits,includingnotetaking.
8Learnproperformsofcitation.
Alwayscheckwithyourprofessorsofrecordfortheirpreferredstyleguides.
Directlycopiedmaterialmustalwaysbeinquotes;paraphrasedmaterialmustbeacknowledged;evenideasandorganizationderivedfromyourownpreviousworkoranother'sworkneedtobeacknowledged.
Alwaysproofreadyourfinishedworktobesurethatquotationmarksorfootnotesorotherreferenceswerenotinadvertentlyomitted.
Knowthesourceofeachcitation.
Donotsubmitthesameworkformorethanoneclasswithoutfirstobtainingthepermissionofbothprofessorsevenifyoubelievethatworkyouhavealreadycompletedsatisfiestherequirementsofanotherassignment.
Saveyournotesanddraftsofyourpapersasevidenceofyouroriginalwork.
DisciplinarySanctionsWhenaprofessorsuspectscheating,plagiarism,and/orotherformsofacademicdishonesty,appropriatedisciplinaryactionisasfollows:TheProfessorwillmeetwiththestudenttodiscuss,andpresentevidencefortheparticularviolation,givingthestudentopportunitytorefuteordenythecharge(s).
IftheProfessorconfirmstheviolation(s),he/she,inconsultationwiththeProgramDirectorandDepartmentChairmaytakeanyofthefollowingactions:oAllowthestudenttoredotheassignmentoLowerthegradefortheworkinquestionoAssignagradeofFfortheworkinquestionoAssignagradeofFforthecourseoRecommenddismissalOnceanaction(s)istaken,theProfessorwillinformtheProgramDirectorandDepartmentChair,andinformthestudentinwriting,instructingthestudenttoscheduleanappointmentwiththeAssociateDeanforStudentServicesandPublicAffairs,asafinalstep.
CopiesoftheletterwillbesenttotheDepartmentChairforhis/herconfidentialstudentfileandtheAssociateDeanforStudentServicesandPublicAffairs.
ThestudenthastherighttoappealtheactiontakeninaccordancewiththeSchool'sStudentComplaintProcedureasoutlinedinTheSteinhardtSchoolofEducationStudentHandbook.
Whendismissalisrecommended,thatrecommendationwillbeforwardedtotheAssociateDeanforStudentServicesandPublicAffairs,whowillconveneallpartiesinvolved.
AnappealofthedecisionatthisstepissubmittedinwritingtotheViceDean,includingfulldocumentationtosupporttheappeal.
*TheSteinhardtSchoolofEducationStatementonAcademicIntegrityisconsistentwithNewYorkUniversityPolicyonStudentConduct,publishedintheNYUStudentGuide.