TENTATIVE COURSE CALENDAR
ComS 163 Communication, Self and Society
Spring 2004
Dr. Mark Stoner
Week 1 January 28, 2004
Class Activity
Class orientation
Assignment for next session: Read R. Grudin, "Self-Knowledge" [in
packet]
Write a 1-2 self-description in your journal due next class
Bring a well-formed, properly documented definition of each of the
terms: Communication, Self,
and Society to next class meeting.
Begin reading Burkitt, chapters 1-3
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Week 2 February 4, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss terms Communication, Self and Society
Discuss Grudin essay; examine nature of self-descriptions
Assignment for next session
You will create a visual model of concepts developed in Burkitt's
Social Selves Chapter One.
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Week 3 February 11, 2004
Class Activity
Meet in MND 2004!
COMPUTER ORIENTATION (How to use bulletin board anonymously; research
resources)
Examine models of theories of the self reviewed by Burkitt
Assignment for next session
Identify, in chapter 2 of Burkitt's Social Selves, what you think is
the most cogent statement about
Mead's contributions to our understanding of ourselves. Be prepared to
share your selection and
justify your choice to the class.
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Week 4 February 18, 2004
CONTRACTS DUE TODAY
Class Activity
Discuss selections from Social Selves and their implications for
advancing our understanding of the
relationships between communication, self, and society.
Discuss Burkitt's chapter 3, definition and summaries
Assignment for next session
START ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION (Review
assignment)
Review chapter 3 of Social Selves and create a definition of
"ethnogenic method" and summarize
the two dichotomies Burkitt discusses on pp. 74-76.
Read Gergen Chapters 1,2; Harre and Gillett, "The Discursive Mind" [in
packet]
Week 5 February 25, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss Gergen Chapters 1,2 and Harre and Gillett
Assignment for next session
Read Gergen Chapters 3-6; and Turkle, (Chapter 4) "Adolescence and
Identity" and (Chapter 8
"Thinking of Yourself as a Machine" [in packet] and Baur, "The Dinosaur
Man" [in packet]
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Week 6 March 3, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss Gergen 3-6; Turkle and Baur
Assignment for next session
Read Gergen Chapter 7
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Week 7 March 10, 2004
Class Activity
View video (STNG)
Discuss Gergen Chapter 7 and video
Assignment for next session
Read Gergen 8, 9 and Frankl, "Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning" [in
packet]
Burkitt, chapt 4
(LAST WEEK OF ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION)
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Week 8 March 17, 2004
FIRST REQUIRED READING RESPONSES DUE
Class Activity
Discuss Gergen 8, 9 and Frankl and Burkitt
Assignment for next session
Read Belenky et al., Introduction, Chapters 1, 2
CONTINUE ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION NOW IDENTIFYING YOURSELF
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Week 9 March 24, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss Belenky Intro, 1,2
Assignment for next session
Read Belenky 3-6 and hooks, "Talking Back" [in packet]
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Week 10 April 14, 2004
Class Activity
"The Famine Within" (first half)
Write a one page response that connects a specific quotation from your
reading with some idea
presented in the video so far; View second half; discuss connections
made and revisions you
would make to your essay given the conclusion of the video
Assignment for next session
Read Belenky Chapter 7 and /8 OR 9, you choose depending on your
interests
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Week 11 April 21, 2004
SECOND REQUIRED READING RESPONSE DUE
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REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY
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Week 12 April 28, 2004
REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY
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Week 13 May 5, 2004
ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION ANALYSIS DUE
REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY
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Week 14 May 12, 2004
REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY
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