Recommended Web Resources for SPCMU102


Communication Theories & Models
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History of Communication Study
Aristotle's Rhetoric. A HyperText resource from Lee Honeycutt, Iowa State University English Department faculty member.
Exploring Plato's Dialogues from the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Evansville University, Evansville, Indiana.
Information about the Sophists from The Classical Origins of Western Culture by Roger Dunkle of Brooklyn College.
Perceiving/Listening
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Nature of Language
Dictionary of American Regional English from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Examines region-specific words in the United States.
Sounds of the world's animals from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at Georgetown University. Illustrates how languages express animal sounds differently, and how not all languages have expressions for the same animal sounds.
"The College Slang Page" at California Polytechnic University at Pomona
Nonverbal Communication
General information about nonverbal communication from Donn King at Pellissippi State Technical Community College.
Interpersonal Communication
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Group Communication
Allyn & Bacon on small group communication.
Public Communication
Allyn & Bacon on public speaking.
Culture and Communication
"Taking the Shock out of Culture Shock" by Charlotte Thomas, Career and Education Editor, Peterson's. Culture shock as it relates to students studying abroad
An Urban Ethnography of Latino Street, Gangs in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, from California State University Northridge. This is an example of ethnography, with some specific examples of ethnography of communication.
Technology and Communication
The E-Commerce Guide from Internet.com. Information about e-commerce and the world.


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Last updated October 2, 2001