Communication

This course provides an overview of the traditional media and the newer technology-oriented media in Korea. The course is divided into three main parts: examining the role of the traditional media in the social and political development and change of the Korean society; examining the influence of the newer media such as the Internet and social media that have brought about further changes in Korean society; and examining the content and Influence of the Korean entertainment media. The first part of the course starts by examining the general media landscape and then looks at the various factors in the development of Korean media. Since the development of Korean media is closely linked with various social and political factors in the development of democracy in Korean society, a critical aspect of is and understanding of Korean political history. We watch the movies “Peppermint Candy”and “Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War” to this effect. Factors that affect the characteristics of Korean newspapers are examined in the first part of the course. In the second part of the course, we examine the extent of the influence of traditional media such as newspapers and broadcasting and compare it with the influence of newer forms of media that are being offered through the Internet such as Blogs, SNS, youtube videos, and podcasts. We try to understand the influence of these newer media in changing the Korean political and social culture. The third and last part, we look at the Korean media audience and try to understand the “Korean Wave”(Hanryu, Hallyu) not just in Asian countries but also around the world.

This course examines the theatrical and performative modes of writing, including writing delivered live by a performer or performers in a theater, encountered by a seated or mobile audience, or experienced through media such as headphones or hypertext.

This course details how talk is managed in a range of professional settings, including education (e.g. teacher-student interactions), medicine (e.g. doctor-patient consultations), psychology (e.g. counseling), law (e.g. question design in courtrooms), and journalism (e.g. radio interviews). Students are exposed to interactional practices that are common to all workplaces: negotiation and resolving conflict, sources of misunderstanding, aligning with other speakers, managing topics, and different cultural practices in making sense of talk at work. Students learn how interaction is organized based on the fundamental tenets of conversation analysis: turn-taking, repair, and the sequential organization of talk.

In this internship, students work closely with their host organization for up to 12 hours per week over the course of a semester. Final assessment is comprised of a mentor evaluation, a self-evaluation/reflection, and an organizational report.

This is a highly interactive elective seminar course encouraging maximum student participation and leadership. Grounded in the concept of praxis (learning by doing, education for use), the course explores the nature of influence, legitimate and non-coercive methods of influence, and different ways of exercising that influence. Ranging from the academic and philosophical to the practical and personal, the course considers forms, methods, and networks of influence, weighs questions related to messaging, visibility, and the power of example, as well as offering training on how to give a successful speech, how to go on television with no time to prepare, how to exercise influence in organizations, and how to create your own persona as an influencer.

This course provides a study of communication companies in relation to the concepts and practices in organization, management, production and marketing of information products. Topics covered include: the history and development and structure of media companies, management principles and their applications, information markets, marketing and marketing management structure (income and expenditure), multimedia group organization, and strategic management of media companies.