Bargaining is a topic addressed in many persuasion texts and represents an important application of persuasive communication principles. Students may encounter difficulty, however, understanding how abstract bargaining plans and strategies can be used in real-life situations. Alternatively, some students may believe bargaining is simply a matter…

To improve the quality of undergraduate education, the Boyer Commission recommended a culminating, senior capstone course experience to help students draw together their undergraduate curriculum. One way to accomplish this culmination is through a student-designed and implemented community service project within the capstone course. In this…

Understanding how to evaluate a theory, whether that theory is a self-constructed hunch or a scholar's formal set of propositions, is a vital foundation needed by students as they apply communication theories to their everyday lives. In many communication theory courses, the criteria for theory evaluation are introduced early in the semester. As a…

Whenever group work takes place, rules and norms are established by group members. Rules are typically written and formally stated by group members, whereas norms are more informal and are implicitly stated. But regardless of how rules and norms are established, they enable group members to develop procedures from which the group can function.…

Objective: To address cultural diversity within the context of informative speaking. Type of speech: Informative. Point value: 15% of course grade. Requirements: (a) References: 3 (1 reference must be an interview); (b) Length: 5-6 minutes; (c) Visual aid: Optional; (d) Outline: Yes; (e) Prerequisite reading: Chapters 3, 18 (DeVito, 2003); (f)…