#LightTheWorld – Day 1: Jesus Lifted Others’ Burdens For the first day of the #LightTheWorld initiative in which we are participating, our little family got to focus on providing a service for others. A few of the highlights included: I guest-lectured a comm theory class for a colleague who was not able to attend class.Continue reading “DAY 1”
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#LIGHTTHEWORLD
This Christmas season, my family and I will be participating in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ “Light the World” initiative. According to a blog post on LDS.org, the purpose of this movement is: In an increasingly dark world, we can be a bright light to those around us and a shining example ofContinue reading “#LIGHTTHEWORLD”
BLACK FRIDAY
I don’t usually do Black Friday shopping. I mean, Summer and I will go out later in the day when things have slowed down a bit, but we never go out in the middle of night and stand in lines. That’s just crazy and I love Thanksgiving too much to let anything take away fromContinue reading “BLACK FRIDAY”
MEDIA LAW
Media Law – COMM 4260 “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievance.” — First Amendment, United StatesContinue reading “MEDIA LAW”
MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Media Management – COMM 3460 Course Description: In this course, you will examine the various media that we consume multiple times daily from a traditional public viewpoint, but also research what happens behind the scenes. How do newspapers, magazines, radio and TV broadcasters and online outlets decide what stories to report? How do they makeContinue reading “MEDIA MANAGEMENT”
CRITICAL THINKING
Listening & Thinking Critically – COMM 1310 Course Description: Critical Thinking is the process by which we develop and support our beliefs, and evaluate the strength of arguments made by others in real-life situations. This semester we will practice some of the most central and important skills of critical thinking, and focus on applying those strategiesContinue reading “CRITICAL THINKING”
MEDIA & SOCIETY
Media & Society – COMM 2010 Course Description: Do you know what you’re watching? What you’re reading? You might think that what comes across your television or web browser, in your newspaper or magazine, or on your movie screen is pretty much the whole message; what you see is what you get. But the contentContinue reading “MEDIA & SOCIETY”
INTERPERSONAL
Interpersonal Communications – COMM 2110 Required Text: Looking Out, Looking In (2013) 14th Edition Ronald B. Adler, Russell F. Proctor II ISBN-13: 978-0840028174, ISBN-10: 1285070569 Recommended Readings: APA Style Guide Course Description: The study of Interpersonal Communication is the study of interaction between people. It is not only the conversation, but the study of relationships,Continue reading “INTERPERSONAL”
LOST CONSOLES
Oh what might have been…
PARTING
Parting by Emily Dickenson My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me, So huge, so hopeless to conceive, As these that twice befell. Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell.
Hayden Coombs 