1. | Sum-up of first semester material: main concepts and models of communication. |
2. | Interpersonal communication: face to face encounters; quality of relationships. |
3. | Assertiveness - means and skills; improvement training. |
4. | Intercultural communication: a definition of culture. |
5. | Obstacles to intercultural communication and barriers to intercultural understanding. |
6. | Interviewing as a genre of communication. |
7. | Types of questions: open< >closed; suspect; loaded; leading; etc. |
8. | Small-group communication; types of small groups, group dynamics. |
9. | Group structure; correlates of effective groups. |
10. | Public Communication: the speaker. |
11. | Public communication: the message, the audience. |
12. | Mass communication: some effects and outcomes. Globalization and mass communication. |
13. | Wrap-up, ethical issues of communication. |
14. | Summary. |