Communication and Culture (225-DL-20)
Instructors
Jennifer Lindsy Baker
Jen Baker has been teaching communication studies courses for 10 years, specifically relational communication, group communication, and business communication. She has degrees in Advertising, English, and Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. While living in Austin, Jen worked at a marketing company, was a technical writer for an engineering company, produced a radio show on relational communication, "Love, Sex, and Why we Bother," and founded an inner-city high school speech/debate team. She also taught classes for the University of Texas, before moving into a position lecturing and advising at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Currently, she is an adjunct lecturer for the School of Professional Studies at Northwestern University. On a final note, teaching is Jen's first love, as evidenced by being called the happiest professor that a student has ever known.
Meeting Info
Online: TBA
Overview of class
This course explores how the concept of "culture" is constituted and disseminated through practices, processes, and mechanisms of "communication." Theories of myriad forms of mediation (interpersonal, off- and online, popular, and mass-mediated) shaping our relationships with ourselves and the world around us are covered.
The course is conducted completely online. A technology fee will be added to tuition.
Registration Requirements
Prerequisites: none.
Learning Objectives
Classify what culture is and describe how it is communicated intrapersonally, interpersonally, in small groups, in societies, and through various forms of media.
Critique how your relationships with yourself, others, and the world are informed by your knowledge of communication and culture processes.
Execute and implement a cultural event that reflects and extends your current recognition of communication and culture.
Create a project that utilizes the practices and mechanisms of the relationship between communication and culture to show the interdependence of the two concepts.
Analyze and evaluate how communication and cultures are mirrored in leadership and strategic communication to create a civic-minded culture.
Class Materials (Required)
There are no materials required for purchase; all required and optional readings and resources will be accessed through Canvas and the Northwestern Library.
Class Attributes
Asynchronous:Remote class-no scheduled mtg time