AUGUST 2002

Dr. Thomas Skill, Professor & Associate Provost
Department of Communication
University of Dayton

Tuesday-Thursday 10:30 - 11:45 AM
St. Joseph Room 233

Contact Information:

E-Mail: Thomas.Skill@notes.udayton.edu
Telephone: 937.229.4307
Office Hours: Tues/Thur 9 - 10 AM & by Appointment
Office location: 27E Roesh Library (Learning Teaching Center)
(I will also hold some office hours in SJ 134 beginning late September.)

CMM 201 COURSE CALENDAR
Go here for a list of daily class topics, reading assigments and other important dates.

Class Presentation Slides - Radio-Film and TV are all here!
Go here for links to class presentation slides and lecture materials.

Instant Messaging Project "Quickplace"
Go here to log into our collaboration website for the Instant Messaging research project. At the login screen, use your full name (first, middle initial and last name) as you user ID and then enter your Lotus Notes Password.

You can author documents, react to others work and comments, attach files and generally share your great ideas at this site. Here is the actual link:

http://quickplace.udayton.edu/cmm201_03

Navigating This Site:

• Learning Objectives: What will you get out of this class?
• Discover more about how you learn
  • The Index of Learning Styles is an instrument used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model.
  • The Learning Style Assessment Test
• How will this class be taught?
• How Important is my email and web access?
• What are the Quiz and Exam rules?
• How will grades be determined?
• What are the assignments?
• What book are we using?
• Plagarism & Turnitin.Com

Course Characterization:

The focus of this course will be on the origin, history and influence of mass communications in American society. This class will also provide you with an awareness of the theoretical perspectives on the media, such as theories of media influence, diffusion of innovations, theories of the press, and theories of audience behavior - to name just a few.

Our study of the media will include the creative, critical, technological and social dimensions of nearly all forms of mass communication. We will explore the role of information and news in our society and we will debate many of the issues related to this topic. When discussing television, we will look closely at the various strategies used in programming network television, we will explore the various methods of audience measurement, and we will analyze the role and function of popular culture in America as it relates to the mass media.