CMST 2HM3
HUMAN COMMUNICATION
Winter 2025 · C01
Topics
- What is Human Communication?
- Systems of Representation
- Verbal vs. Nonverbal Communication
- Persuasion and Power
- Writing and Public Speaking
- Intercultural Communication and Listening
- Communication in the Workplace
- Communication on Social Media
- Communication and (Fake) News
- Communication in Everyday Life and Building Relationships
Readings
- No readings
- Hall (2013). “The Work of Representation? (Sections 1-1.3)” (pp. 1-10) - Dixon (2019). “Semiotics: Roland Barthes” (pp. 1-15) - Siegel (2020). “Representations and Mental Reality” (pp. 272-288)
- Lubienetzki & Schúler-Lubienetzki (2022). “Verbal and Non-verbal Communication” (pp. 5-33) - Guerrero (2014). “Interpersonal Functions of Nonverbal Communication” (pp. 53-69)
- Herrick (2016). “An Overview of Rhetoric” (pp. 1-23) - Poggi (2023). “Persuasive Discourse” (pp. 40-50) - Tindale (2023). “How We Argue” (pp. 1-20)
- Hall (2024). “Public Speaking, Presenting, and Performing” (pp. 150-188) - King Jr. (1963). “I have a Dream” (link on A2L)
- Ting-Tooney & Chung (2012). “What is Intercultural Communication Flexibility?” (pp. 23-37) - Scollon et al. (2012). “Doing Intercultural Communication” (pp. 267-281) - Beall (2010). “Perspectives on Intercultural Listening” (pp. 225-236)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Winter 2025
- The outline explicitly states that no textbook is required. Some readings or course materials are supplied through Avenue to Learn; public bibliographic details may be incomplete.