Transcript Perspectives on Human Communication – 2005

Perspectives on Human
Communication – 2005
Dr. Willard Uncapher
[email protected]
Monday 1/10/2005 - Frameworks
What is communication?
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Linking together
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Expression of meaning
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Broadcast model of Information theory: sender,
encoding, message, channel, decoding, receiver;
noise, feedback [Claude Shannon, 1948]
But then what makes people want to ‘transmit’?
How does communication change over time?
How do we become ‘receptive’?
What are you inside?
[More next week]
Why communication study now?
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Era of Great Media Change - but more so
now than before?
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How will we know if it is a revolution - history
New - Global Networks, Blogs, Wireless,
Need to understand principles of
communication in all your endeavors
Need to become a great communicator
oneself
Why Communication now?
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Ongoing Changes – new jobs, opportunities
and art forms.
Fusion of Entertainment, Information, and
Computing Environments
Changes in: Privacy, Centralization,
Ownership
Need to have good (timeless) communication
skills
Who I am
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Researcher of new communication technologies:
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Interest in media history and the arts:
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“Network Society”, “Globalization & Communication,” “History of
Communication from Paleo-Anthropology to Cyberspace,” “Information
Society,” “Digital Arts.”
Ex-student:
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Emergence, Columbia Review, etc.
Teacher:
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Hierarchy, Scale, Complexity, & Power in Network Society
Writer/Editor:
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Technocultural Studies,
Theorist of:
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Montana, Virtual Communities, Ethnographies
UPenn -Annenberg, UT-Austin
Personal:
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Bike rider, hitch hike the Himalayas, Meditation, Indic and Iranian
Philosophy
Who are you? Please fill out on page or
half page
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Name
Grade Level
Academic Interests/Majors
Personal Interests
Email ?
Where have you come from?
While at the University:
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Manage your time – learn a bit each day [it
can take two times to learn something!]
Get involved in activities – this is where you
meet people!
Meet faculty and researchers – even if you
are not taking classes – you are part of a
community – now enjoy its privileges!
Visit the library and labs
While at the University 2
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Stephen Covey: From dependence to
independence to Interdependence
Covey: 1. Be Pro-active (work on the vision
thing, and write it out); 2. Begin with the end
in mind; 3. Put first things first; 4. Think
Win/Win; 5. Seek first to understand then to
be understood; 6. Synergize; 7. Sharpen the
Saw
While at the University 3
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Boice: 1. Wait; 2 Begin Early; 3. BRS; 4.
Stop; 5. Moderate Negative and Positive
If too much: 1. Small Steps; 2. PMA (Positive
Mental Attitude); 2a. “Never Philosophize
During Finals”
Class Information Site
Go to:
http://www.well.com/user/willard/comm1210.htm [for now]
http://tac.colorado.edu/comm1210Willard [to become main site]
You will find:
 Course Syllabus
 Assignments
 Course Schedule
 Links
 Lecture notes
 Suggestions
[email protected] or [email protected]
The textbook – Providing Models
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Susan Trenholm (2005). Thinking through
Communication: An Introduction to the Study
of Communication. Boston: Allyn & Bacon
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Tool kit of ideas and frameworks
[Learning the trade - Like the Dyer’s Guild,
Merchant’s Guild, Conjuring]
More difficult than it might seem – work in
examples, read twice
Syllabus
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Disability
Religious Holidays
Campus Closure
Academic Honesty and Appropriate
Behavior
Due Dates and Late Penalties
Incomplete Policy
Attendance
Syllabus continued - Requirements
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Exams – 3 (2 50 questions, and a Final)
Papers – 3 (3-5 pages)
Attendance/Participation
Finally, relation of text to class?
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We will cover most material from the text in
the class
We will cover extra material that will be
important to know (eg. Panini, Media History).
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I will try to make it clear what you must know, and
what you should know
Ask questions, listen to responses
Again, give professor a “head’s-up” ahead of
time if there is going to be a problem
Fields of Study
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Culture – Anthropology – what brings a group
together
Society – Sociology – what separates a
group from each other
Communication – to study and promote:
social-technical organization of meaning
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Speech Communication – meaning, interpersonal,
- more intimate
Mass Communication – social organization;
statistics