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Practical Application Overview
Knowledge and application go hand in hand. To have one without the other is certainly not practical by today's standards. If I am able to speculate and theorize about social situations but do not act on what I know, my knowledge is of no use to me. Therefore, I find it to be essential that I apply what I have learned on a regular basis; it serves to help me understand and experience the theories and concepts I have been taught. Additionally, I find that some of the best communication principles I have ever grasped were simply the result of hands-on experience.
The articles below demonstrate my ability to apply what I have learned about communication and media.
General Application in the Communication Field
Please browse through these pieces for examples of how I have successfully applied communication principles in common settings:
Rallying A Nation
Neoclassical Rhetorical Criticism Paper
CATA 233: Advanced Public Speaking
Rallying_a_Nation.pdf
I wrote this analysis paper for my Advanced Public Speaking class in 2005. This paper analyzes President Franklin Roosevelt's famous address to Congress following the attack on Pearl Harbor (commonly known by the line "a date which will live in infamy"). <read more>
Quality Control: A Techinical Criticism of Group-Collaboration Websites
Technical Criticism Paper
CATA 365: Media Production
Quality_Control.pdf
In 2007 I took a course devoted to harnessing the communication power of electronic media. In Media Production, I learned about effectively constructing messages using website, video, audio, and desktop publishing channels. <read more>
Specific Application Pertaining to Communication/Media
Please browse through these pieces for examples of how I have successfully applied communication principles in settings specific to media:
Media Literacy: A Critical Evaluation of Entertainment News
PowerPoint Presentation
CATA 261: Mass Media & Modern Society
Media_Literacy.ppt
This PowerPoint presentation was the result of a group project assigned in my Mass Media & Modern Society course. The object of the project was to critically evaluate and compare two news presentations. While other groups compared television news programs or national newspapers, my group was assigned the task of analyzing Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight. <read more>
Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making
Topical Application Paper
CATA 230: Introduction to Communication Studies
Functional_Perspective_on_Group_Decision_Making.pdf
In Introduction to Communication Studies, I was assigned this application paper on Hirokawa and Gouran's Functional Perspective on Group Decision Making. In the paper I briefly review the four functions that each group must address to come to a quality decision (problem analysis, goal setting, identification of alternatives, and evaluation of positive and negative results of such alternatives). <read more>
Raising Admission Standards at Private Colleges: A Toulmin Brief
Toulmin Debate Brief
CATA 335: Argumentation
Raising_Admission_Standards_Brief.pdf
By taking Argumentation, I discovered a wealth of knowledge pertaining to building solid, logical, persuasive cases. Although I had been framing persuasive arguments all my life, I had no idea (until this course) the amount of communication theory that could be applied to arguments. <read more>
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