• Welcome! Here you will find the latest information about this course and activities in our department.
• Be sure to refer to the Term Paper Assignment description as you write your paper and prepare your presentation The presentation schedule also is available.
• On Friday, April 18, we will follow the convocation schedule in order to accommodate the Honors Convocation. Our class will meet at 1:10 that day.
• The Study Guide for Exam 2 on Monday, April 21 is now available.
• Plan to attend the Communication Department's Senior Seminar Poster Session on Thursday, April 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the atrium of Hollenbeck Hall. Come see what your fellow majors have been up to in COMM 403 over the course of this semester and what awaits you in Senior Seminar!
  

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Course Syllabus for Spring 2008
APA Format for Communication Majors

Interactive Student Study Guide - Designed specifically for your course textbook, this site provides a wealth of information and resources for students, including chapter outlines, quizzes to check your understanding of what you have read, and other helpful contents. You may be asked to access particular content on this website (we'll call it the ISSG) in preparation for a particular class activity or discussion. 

• NPR story about China's "one child" policy and how it is affecting the country's demographics (aired Monday, April 14, 2008).
• NPR interview with the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, regarding the Chinese crackdown on protests, the rights of Tibetans, and other related issues (aired Monday, April 14, 2008).
• NPR story about a move to rename a street in Washington, DC to reflect its new immigrant identity, much to the dismay of the locals. For some other perspectives on the issue, you can check out this posting on the "American Renaissance" site. (Do they qualify as a hate group? You decide.)
• NPR story: "Cowboy Cupid Helps Clients Find Mexican Brides" (aired 2/14/00). See also the NPR story about the recent effects a comedy documentary, Cowboy del Amor, has had on this matchmaking service (aired 3/23/06). You also can view excerpts from the film via this page.
• NPR Radio Expeditions series entitled "Geography of Heaven," focusing on how beliefs about an afterlife shape the lives of the faithful; explores several cultures with respect to religious beliefs and practices.
• NPR series about U.S. immigrants and how they're "giving back" to their country of origin: Sending gift boxes to Filipinos back home; Building a university in Ghana; Immigrant-run scholarships for Mexicans; An Afghan woman returns to collect stories of her people. (Series aired 1/9-13/06)
• NPR story about a website dedicated to the misuse of Chinese language characters in Western culture. (Story aired 1/13/06)
• On the other end, this website is designed to track misuse of English in Japanese culture.
• NPR story about a virus outbreak in Angola and the cultural values and traditions that need to be taken into account to combat misperceptions about the attempts to control the outbreak. (Story aired on 4/13/05)
  
• NPR story on Tenzin Dengkhim, a Tibetan-American killed in combat in Iraq. Provides details about Buddhist funeral rites, beliefs about reincarnation, and other concepts related to our course readings. (Story aired on 4/6/05)

• Hate Group Analysis assignment for March 19
• Southern Poverty Law Center website
• Hatewatch, from the SPLC
• Tolerance.org website   
• A map of known hate group activity
• A report on hate speech on the web
• A report on the use of music to recruit youth for membership in hate groups
• An explanation and analysis of hate crimes
• A list of counter hate organizations
• More information about the phenomenon and psychopathology of hate groups
• Are they a hate group, or just concerned about immigration? You decide. Read this article about the Minuteman Project in Arizona.