COMM1023

Course Descriptions

The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic concepts, processes and contexts in the study of communication. The course explains listening, perceiving, using verbal and nonverbal communication, and establishing climate. Then these processes are applied to various contexts such as interpersonal, small group, public, organizational, intercultural, mass communication, personal, and social media. Students will acquire the knowledge of communication concepts and processes and establish the link between fundamental concepts and various communication phenomena and contexts. The course eventually discusses the practices of communication in various areas, namely, journalism, public relations and advertising, cinema and television, and media arts and design, and the challenges and opportunities in the era of new media.

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