Module 2 Discussion

Forum Instructions

In a post below, respond to the following prompt, which assesses course outcome 1 and module learning objective 1. Then, you must respond to 1 of your classmates' posts. After you post a response, you will be able to see other responses. You are not required to post more than once, but feel free to respond to other posts and engage with your classmates.

Your first post is due on [day of week] by [time] CST. Your response to another student is due on [day of week] by [time] CST. [Adjust for number of posts required.]

Your response should be at least [length requirement in words, sentences, or paragraphs] long. This includes responses to other students' posts. [Include previous sentence if necessary.] A simple “I agree” or “Yes” or “LOL” will not count. Please think about the questions and your peers' responses and reply thoughtfully and courteously, according to netiquette rules. Use good English grammar, correct punctuation, and complete sentences. While the posts will mostly be judged by their thoughtfulness and completeness, I reserve the right to take off points for grammatical errors, especially if they interfere with the clarity of the post. [Edit as needed.]

Prompt

For our discussion this week, we'll practice applying communication theory paradigms to things we encounter every day. You'll first decide on an instance of communication to analyze. This could be a conversation, a movie, a tweet, or anything really. Then, you'll choose one of the communication theory paradigms and explain what it is. You'll apply your paradigm to your example of communication to show how you would understand it from that perspective. For instance, if you were interested in Rhetorical Theory Paradigm and wanted to look at

, you would use your post to describe the message in the ad and what the context for it was. What is being said and what was happing in our culture that warranted this ad to be made?

After making your post, you'll respond to a classmate by picking a different theoretical paradigm to apply to the same communication example. So, if someone wrote the example I used above, then you could choose System Theory Paradigm to discuss the larger structures that we participate in that could influence how we understand drugs. 

Details:

A forum for discussion promotes peer-to-peer and student-instructor interaction. Questions should be thought provoking and encourage detailed analysis of module topics. Include a rubric.

If you do not want students to see other responses before they post, set type to "Q and A forum." For this type, you must create a post first for students to respond.

Subscription: Set to Auto.

Due dates: You cannot set due dates for forums, so be sure to tell students when to post above. These dates will not appear on the Moodle calendar.