PS411 Half Unit
Current Communication Research
This information is for the 2011/12 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Bradley Franks, STC. S307 Availability
MSc Social and Public Communication, MSc Organisational and Social Psychology, MSc Health Community and Development, MSc Social and Cultural Psychology. Students on degrees without a psychology or communications component may only attend subject to numbers, their own degree regulations and at the discretion of the teacher responsible. Course content
This course considers social psychological perspectives on the relations between communication and culture. There are three principal aspects to this: the impact of culture on communication; the role of communication in transmitting and shaping culture; and variations of aspects of communication according to cultural differences (including inter-cultural or cross-cultural communication). The course begins with a discussion of some foundational issues regarding culture and communication - linguistic relativity theory, politeness, pragmatics, nonverbal communication, cultural change and stability. It then assesses the way these issues are manifest in specific areas of application, such as science, race, religion, literacy, gender and organisations.
Teaching
Lecture (one hour) (PS411) x 10 LT + seminar (one hour) x 10 LT.
Formative coursework
An essay plan of not more than 500 words is required. Indicative reading
Di Luzio, A., Günthner, S., & Orletti, F. (Eds. (2001) Culture in Communication: Analyses of intercultural situations, John Benjamins; Enfield, N. J., & Levinson, S. C. (Eds.) (2006) Roots of Human Sociality Berg; Gentner, D., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (Eds.) (2003) Language in Mind. Advances in the Study of Language and Thought MIT Press; Gumperz, J.J., & Levinson, S. C. (1996) Rethinking Linguistic Relativity CUP; Gudykunst, W., & Mody, B. (Eds.) (2001) Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication Sage; Jandt, F. E. (2006) An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community 5th Edition Sage; Lakoff, R. T., & Ide, S. (Eds.) (2005) Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness John Benjamins; Spencer-Oatey, H. (Ed. ) (2000). Culturally Speaking: Managing Rapport Through Talk Across Cultures. Continuum. Watts, R. J., Ide, S., & Ehlich, K. (Eds.) (2005). Politeness in language: studies in its history, theory and practice 2nd Edition de Gruyter. No single text covers the whole course. Specific bibliographies for different areas of application will be provided at the start of the course.
Assessment
A written assignment of not more than 3,000 words (100%). ^
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