Communication Studies 330

Group Communication

Syllabus, Spring 2008

Course Goals and Assignments


FINAL EXAM

Makeup Paper


Study Guide, Exam #1

McCroskey and Richmond on Communication Anxiety

Garlick and Mongeau (1993) on Minority Argumentation

Outline

Variables

Conclusion

Hall and Watson on Decision Making

Hirokawa on Faulty Decision Making

Burleson on Decision Procedure and Quality

Computer-Mediated Decision Making

Group Process Gains and Losses

Nunamaker on Advantages of CMC

Gouran on Leadership

Wishman on Jury Decision Making

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GROUPTHINK

(From Irving J. Janis, Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes. 2nd edn., rev. Boston: Houghton, 1983. 244.)