COMM10 Term Project Part 1 2 1 
COMM 10 Fall 2014
Three-Part Communication Analysis project
You will be developing this project throughout the quarter and it will make up 50 percent of your grade. It is divided into three components due at specified dates during the term (for review by your TA). Together, the three parts of the project serves as the equivalent of a midterm and final.
Overview:
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to scholarly frameworks and methods for examining dimensions of communication. The project is broken down in to three sections aimed at developing and honing your ability to engage in detailed observation and description; formulate meaningful questions and engage analytic frameworks; and consider potential modes of further investigation. Through your work on the project you will demonstrate your grasp of key concepts and terminology that we will be exploring throughout this course.
You will begin by selecting a specific example of a form or mode of communication and to consider. For the first component you will be developing a detailed analytic description of your example that breaks it down into elements that make up the meanings conveyed. For the second component you will frame analytic questions and pursue consideration of how your example fits into wider concerns, tendencies or contexts. Finally, in the third component you will consider ways that one could study a form of communication in a more extended manner. You can apply this to the form of communication that you took up in parts one and two, or select another.
Together the three parts of this project serve as an exercise in considering the key questions of this course:
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What is communication?
Where does it occur?
How does it occur?
Why does it matter?
How do we study it?
You will be graded on the effort, creativity, thoughtfulness and the overall the quality of your writing—not whether your arguments are "correct." It is important that you carefully proofread your work for errors before
Three-Part Communication Analysis project
You will be developing this project throughout the quarter and it will make up 50 percent of your grade. It is divided into three components due at specified dates during the term (for review by your TA). Together, the three parts of the project serves as the equivalent of a midterm and final.
Overview:
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to scholarly frameworks and methods for examining dimensions of communication. The project is broken down in to three sections aimed at developing and honing your ability to engage in detailed observation and description; formulate meaningful questions and engage analytic frameworks; and consider potential modes of further investigation. Through your work on the project you will demonstrate your grasp of key concepts and terminology that we will be exploring throughout this course.
You will begin by selecting a specific example of a form or mode of communication and to consider. For the first component you will be developing a detailed analytic description of your example that breaks it down into elements that make up the meanings conveyed. For the second component you will frame analytic questions and pursue consideration of how your example fits into wider concerns, tendencies or contexts. Finally, in the third component you will consider ways that one could study a form of communication in a more extended manner. You can apply this to the form of communication that you took up in parts one and two, or select another.
Together the three parts of this project serve as an exercise in considering the key questions of this course:
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•
•
•
•
What is communication?
Where does it occur?
How does it occur?
Why does it matter?
How do we study it?
You will be graded on the effort, creativity, thoughtfulness and the overall the quality of your writing—not whether your arguments are "correct." It is important that you carefully proofread your work for errors before