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CLOSING ACTIVITY: The Communication Web Page Storyboard

Purpose/Objective:

This exercise allows students to define salient issues and topics in communication by

constructing a storyboard of a web page devoted exclusively to communication happenings,

news, and features.

To give students direction with the assignment, suggest that the home page should report the

On the day of the exercise, instruct students to meet in their web page groups. Give each group

several dark magic markers and a blank poster board or another form of large paper. Tell the

groups they will have 25 minutes to discuss possible items for their web page and to write out the

headlines on the poster board they were given. Then ask each group to show the class its web

page. The groups should explain why they chose the content they did in terms of its importance

to communication. To conclude the class, ask students what their web page reflects about

present day communication.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Suggested Internet Resources by Chapter

Chapter 1 A First Look at Communication

Chapter 2 The Field of Communication from Historical and

Contemporary Perspectives

Center for Communication

http://www.cencom.org/

Central States Communication Association

http://www.csca-net.org/

Eastern Communication Association

http://www.ecasite.org/

International Communication Association

http://www.icahdq.org/

Mind, Culture, and Activity Homepage

http://www.communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/

National Communication Association

http://www.natcom.org

Southern States Communication Association

http://ssca.net/

Toastmasters International

http://www.toastmasters.org/

The University of Iowa Journalism and Mass Communication

Resources

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/

Western States Communication Association

http://www.westcomm.org/

Radio Television Digital News Association

http://www.rtnda.org

Center for Communication

http://www.cencom.org/

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship

http://www.cios.org

Electronic Journal of Communication

http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm

International Communication Association

http://www.icahdq.org/

Journal of Mass Media Ethics

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmme20/current

Journalism Resources

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/

Mind, Culture, and Activity Homepage

http://www.communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/

National Communication Association

http://www.natcom.org

Chapter 3 Perceiving and Understanding

Chapter 4 Engaging in Verbal Communication

AARP

http://www.aarp.org/

Brainconnection

http://www.brainconnection.com

Gerontological Society of America

http://www.geron.org/

Media & Perception

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/media/b.html

Senses in Human Communication

http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/senses.htm

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

http://www.bartleby.com/61/

Dictionary of English Slang Used in the United Kingdom

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

Etymologic! The Toughest Word Game on the Web

http://www.etymologic.com/

I Love Languages

http://ilovelanguages.com

Klingon Language Institute

http://www.kli.org/

Language Games.org

http://www.languagegames.org/

Modern Language Association

http://www.mla.org/

Official Web Site for the Test of English as a Foreign Language

http://www.toefl.org/

Slang throughout Ireland

http://www.irishabroad.com/Culture/Slang/

Symbols.com

http://www.symbols.com/

Your Dictionary.com

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Chapter 5 Engaging in Nonverbal Communication

Chapter 6 Listening and Responding to Others

Center for Nonverbal Studies

http://www.center–for-nonverbal-studies.org

DanceWriting

http://www.dancewriting.org/index.html

Exploring Nonverbal Communication

http://nonverbal.ucsc.edu/

Introduction to Labanotation

http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~griesbec/LABANE.HTML

NV Dictionary of Gestures, Signs, & Body Language Cues

http://www.all–about–body-language.com/nonverbal-

dictionary.html

Nonverbal Learning Disorder Association

http://www.nlda.org/

Storytelling in the Classroom—Beyond Words

http://www.storyarts.org/classroom/retelling/beyondwords.

html

American Sign Language Poetry

http://www.handspeak.com/byte/p/index.php?byte=poetry

American Speech–Language-Hearing Association

http://www.asha.org/

American Deaf Culture

http://www.signmedia.com/info/adc.htm

Children and Deaf Adults

http://www.coda-international.org

Deaf Resource Library

http://www.deaflibrary.org/

Deafness Hard of Hearing About.com Guide

http://deafness.about.com/

Deep Listening

http://www.deeplistening.org/

ESL Cyber Listening Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Famous Deaf People

http://deafness.about.com/od/articlesandnewsletters/a/

famousdeaf.htm

History of Sign Language

http://deafness.about.com/cs/featurearticles/a/signhistory.htm

International Listening Association

http://www.listen.org/

Listening Library—Random House

http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/

Sound and Fury—Deaf Culture—Menu

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/culture/

Chapter 7 Creating Communication Climates

Chapter 8 Adapting Communication to Cultures and Social

Communities

American Arbitration Association

http://www.adr.org/

Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org

Association for Conflict Resolution

http://www.acrnet.org

Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict

Management

http://www.berghof-conflictresearch.org/en/

Campus Conflict Resolution Resources

http://www.campus-adr.org/

American Association of Retired Persons

http://www.aarp.org/

Black Cultural Studies Site

http://www.blackculturalstudies.org/

Cultural Studies Resources

http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/culturalStudies.h

tml

Gerontological Society of America

http://www.geron.org/

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

http://www.folklife.si.edu/

Center for Rationality and Interactive Decision Making

http://www.ratio.huji.ac.il

Conflict Management Support

http://cmsupport.org

Decision Research

http://www.decisionresearch.org

Institute of Conflict Management

http://www.conflictmanagement.org/

International Association for Conflict Management

http://www.iacm-conflict.org/

Permanent Court of Arbitration

http://www.pca-cpa.org/

Self-Actualization Growth Education

http://www.sagegoals.com/

Society for Judgment and Decision Making

http://www.acrnet.org

Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research

http://www.sietarusa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=87312

Study Abroad Clearinghouse

http://www.studyabroad.com/

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

http://www.unesco.org/

U.S. Department of State—Bureau of Consular Affairs

http://travel.state.gov/

Intercultural Development Inventory

http://idiinventory.com/

Chapter 9 Communication and Personal Identity

Chapter 10 Communication in Personal Relationships

Attachment Theory

http://www.personalityresearch.org/attachment.html

Attachment Theory and Research at Stony Brook

http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/attachment

Disassociative Identity Disorder

http://www.nami.org/helpline/did.html

G. H. Mead—Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/mead.htm

Identity Theft

http://www.mercantile.net/identity.html

Personal Identity—Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/

Self-Disclosure and Openness

http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/chap13/chap13i.htm

Staying Alive—The Personal Identity Game

http://www.philosophers.co.uk/games/identity.htm

Center for Domestic Violence Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

Emotional Intelligence

http://eqi.org/

EPals.com

http://www.epals.com/

International Association for Relationship Research

http://www.iarr.org/

National Library of Medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Relate: Information on Relationships, Family, Love and Life

http://www.relate.org.uk/home/index.html

Teen Relationships Website

http://www.teenrelationships.org/

Chapter 11 Communication in Groups and Teams

Chapter 12 Communication in Organizations

Academy of Management

http://www.aomonline.org/

Center for Creative Leadership

http://www.ccl.org/

Corporate Team Building

http://www.ebl.org/

Focus Groups—NASA

http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/institute/focus_groups.cfm

Focus Groups—National Parks Service

http://www.nps.gov/phso/rtcatoolbox/gatinfo_focus.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working

Conditions

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/

FreeQuality: A free resource for the quality-minded professional

http://www.freequality.org/

Global Development Research Center

http://www.gdrc.org/

Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits

http://www.mapfornonprofits.org/

Aligning your organizational culture with strategy

Leadership: Character and Traits

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadchr.html

National Youth Leadership Council

http://www.nylc.org/

Self-Assessment Tool: Leadership

http://www.pao.gov.ab.ca/toolkit/tools/self-check.htm

Ten Ways to Identify a Promising Person

http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/LeadQual.html

Using Quality Circles to Master the Classroom

http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v43/n05/useem.html

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newSTR_90.htm

Small Business Administration

http://www.sba.gov/

Social Science Research Network

http://www.ssrn.com/

Chapter 13 Public Communication

Chapter 14 Mass Communication

Advanced Public Speaking Institute

http://www.public-speaking.org/

Audience Analysis

http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/pop/audience.html

Effective Presentations—Kansas University Medical Center

http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html

Gallup Organization

www.gallup.com/

Microsoft PowerPoint Home Page

http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/

Presentations.com

http://www.presentations.com/

Presenter’s University

http://www.presentersuniversity.com/

Speech Success

http://www.speechsuccess.com

SpeechTips.com

http://www.speechtips.com/

Speech Topics

http://www.speech–

writers.com/persuasiveinformativespeeches.htm

Ten Audience Analysis Exercises

http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/013.shtml

Toastmasters International

http://www.toastmasters.org/

Accuracy in Media

http://www.aim.org

Alternet

http://www.alternet.org

American Journalism Review

http://www.ajr.org

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

http://www.aejmc.org/

Association of Public Television Stations

http://www.apts.org

Cox Center for International Mass Communication and Training

http://www.grady.uga.edu/coxcenter/

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting: The National Media Watch

Group

http://www.fair.org

Freedom Forum—Dedicated to Free Press, Free Speech and

Free Spirit

http://www.freedomforum.org/

Media Ecology Association

http://www.media-ecology.org/

Media Research Center

http://www.mediaresearch.org

National Association of Broadcasters

http://www.nab.org/

Chapter 15 Digital Media and the Online World

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

http://www.cpsr.org/

E-Democracy

http://www.e-democracy.org/

Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org/

Electronic Privacy Information Center

http://www.epic.org

Institute for Global Communications

http://www.igc.org/

National Initiative for Democracy

http://nationalinitiative.org/

NetLingo—The Internet Dictionary

http://www.netlingo.com/

Privacy.org

http://www.privacy.org

Search Engine Watch.com

http://searchenginewatch.com/

Society for Technical Communication

http://www.stc.org/

Webguardian

http://www.webguardian.com/

Website Users from Cultures Other than the U.S.

http://www.otal.umd.edu/uupractice/culture/

Virus Information

http://csrc.nist.gov/virus/

http://www.icaap.org/

Major Newspapers On-line

AllNewspapers.Com

http://www.allnewspapers.com

Film & Television Guides

Internet Movie Database

http://www.imdb.com/

Miscellaneous Teaching Resources

U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov

Resources for Critical Thinking

Cederblom, Jerry, et al. (2000). Critical Reasoning. Wadsworth.

Epstein, Richard L. (1998). Critical Thinking. Wadsworth.

Hurley (2001). Critical Thinking: World Views. Wadsworth.

McKay, Thomas J. (1999). Reasons, Explanations, and Decisions: Guidelines for Critical

Thinking. Wadsworth.

Walters, Kerry S. (ed.) (1994). Re-Thinking Reason: New Perspectives in Critical Thinking.

SUNY, Albany.

San Jose State University Mission: Critical. http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html

Feature Films with Strong Communication Themes

2008 Borat (2008). (conflict)

Doubt (2008). (communication climates)

Rachel Getting Married (2008). (family communication, nonverbal communication)

Yes Man (2008). (conflict, listening)

2007 Lars and the Real Girl (2007). (communication climates, relationship development)

2006 Little Miss Sunshine (2006). (family communication, communication climates, self-

concept)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006). (organizational communication, communication climates,

groups and teams

2005 Brokeback Mountain (2005). (personal relationships, prejudice, personal identity)

Flightplan (2005). (perception, nonverbal communication, defensive and supportive

climates)

Hitch (2005). (relationship development, self-concept, gender communication, listening)

The Family Stone (2005). (family relationships, nonverbal communication, listening)

Serenity (2005). (defensive and supportive climates, communication in groups and teams,

leadership, friendship rules

2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004). (media effects, communication climate)

Garden State (2004). (self-identity, relationship development, communication climate)

Mean Girls (2004). (relationship development, self-identity, small group communication)

Super Size Me (2004). (organizational communication, self-identity)

Miracle (2004). (small group communication, team building)

2003 All The Real Girls (2003). (personal relationships, conflict, nonverbal)

Bend It Like Beckham (2003). (perception, co-culture, adapting to diversity, verbal

communication, personal identity, relationships)

The Pianist (2003). (conflict, co-cultures, intolerance, climates)

2002 8 Mile (2002). (co-cultures, adaptation to diversity, tolerance, conflict, mass media)

13 Conversations About One Thing (2002). (listening, personal identity, personal,

personal relationships, self-disclosure)

About A Boy (2002). (self-identity, non-verbal, conflict)

Bowling For Columbine (2002). (communication climates, co-cultures, conflict, mass

media)

Far From Heaven (2002). (personal identity, personal relationships, co-cultures,

diversity, conflict)

Monsoon Wedding (2002). (perception, adaptation, co-cultures, non-verbal, personal

relationships)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). (perception, co-cultures, adapting to diversity,

groups)

2001 A Beautiful Mind (2001). (public communication, organizations, personal identity,

personal relationships)

Almost Famous (2001). (mass communication, personal identity, personal relationships,

media)

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001). (intrapersonal, personal identity, conflict, personal

relationships)

Bully (2001). (groupthink, personal identity, conflict, groups)

Chicken Run (2001). (groups and teams, organizations, perception)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001). (co-culture, non-verbal, adapting to diversity,

personal relationships)

Ghost World (2001). (personal identity, verbal communication, perception)

O (2001). (personal identity, personal relationships, intolerance, listening, teams, rites &

rituals)

2000 Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000). (intercultural, co-culture, family, relational intimacy,

relational stages)

Erin Brockovich (2000). (power, listening, nonverbal, self-disclosure, communication

competence, persuasion, perception)

Hanging Up (2000). (intergenerational, family, listening, communication competence,

perception)

Memento (2000). (personal identity, chronemics, listening)

Remembering the Titans (2000). (co-culture, prejudice, stereotypes, conflict, perception,

power, self-disclosure).

What’s Cooking (2000). (family, co-culture, listening, conflict, self-disclosure)

1999 American Beauty (1999). (intergenerational, self-perception, perception, family,

communication climate, listening, co-culture, gender, relational stages)

Angela’s Ashes (1999). (family, intergenerational, perception, prejudice, stereotypes,

nonverbal, listening)

Being John Malkovich (1999). (perception, nonverbal, relational intimacy, co-culture,

gender, communication competence, listening)

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999). (nonverbal, intercultural, stereotypes, prejudice,

perception, relational intimacy, listening, communication competence)

The Cider House Rules (1999). (self-disclosure, perception, emotion, listening)

The End of the Affair (1999). (perception, nonverbal, relational intimacy, relational

stages, listening, self-disclosure, gender)

The Green Mile (1999). (power, prejudice, stereotypes, perception, co-culture)

The Other Sister (1999). (perception, stereotypes, communication competence, family,

prejudice, self-disclosure, listening)

The Straight Story (1999). (intergenerational, family, listening, perception,

communication competence, emotion)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). (communication competence, perception, self-

disclosure, listening, nonverbal, gender, stereotypes)

1998 A Bug’s Life (1998). (group communication, listening, persuasion, communication

climate, conformity, critical thinking, defiance, group roles, listening, perception, power)

Beloved (1998). (relational intimacy, perception, listening, relational stages, prejudice,

stereotypes)

High Art (1998). (emotion, perception, gender, co-culture, relational intimacy, self-

disclosure)

How Stella got her Groove Back (1998). (intergenerational, relational stages, relational

intimacy, perception, co-culture, self-disclosure, listening)

Shakespeare in Love (1998). (gender, nonverbal communication, perception, self-

disclosure, communication competence)

Smoke Signals (1998). (relational stages, perception, intercultural, stereotypes, prejudice,

self-disclosure, relational intimacy, listening, communication competence)

The Red Violin (1998). (listening, perception, conflict, relational stages, relational

intimacy, family, stereotypes)

1997 Chasing Amy (1997). (perception, gender, co-culture, relational intimacy, relational

stages, stereotypes, self-disclosure)

In & Out (1997). (nonverbal, perception, stereotypes, co-culture, gender, prejudice,

communication competence)

Jerry McGuire (1997). (relational intimacy, communication climate, conflict)

Life is Beautiful/La Vita e Bella (1997). (family, prejudice, stereotypes, relational stages,

relational intimacy, listening, intergenerational, communication competence)

1996 Dangerous Minds (1996). (language, emotions, culture)

Dead Man Walking (1996). (perception, stereotypes, prejudice, communication climate,

listening, language)

Mr. Holland’s Opus (1996). (communication climate, relational intimacy, self-concept)

The American President (1996). (communication competence, perception)

Truth about Cats and Dogs (1996). (self-concept, nonverbal, gender)

1995 Clueless (1995). (language, culture, communication competence)

Grumpier Old Men (1995). (stereotypes, prejudice, perception, intergenerational,

emotion, relational intimacy, relational stages, nonverbal, listening)

My Family (Mi Familia) (1995). (culture, communication climate, communication

competence)

Waiting to Exhale (1995). (friendship, listening, perception, nonverbal, relational

intimacy, relational stages)

1994 Before Sunrise (1994). (nonverbal, relational stages, emotions)

Pulp Fiction (1994). (perception, language, relationships, listening, nonverbal, power,

emotion)

Reality Bites (1994). (relational stages, self-disclosure)

1993 Grumpy Old Men (1993). (stereotypes, prejudice, perception, intergenerational, emotion,

relational intimacy, relational stages, nonverbal, listening)

Remains of the Day (1993). (nonverbal, relational intimacy, emotions)

Philadelphia (1993). (communication climate, perception, nonverbal)

The Joy Luck Club (1993). (culture, communication competence, conflict)

1991 Boyz N the Hood (1991). (family communication, communication climate, conflict, self-

concept)

He Said, She Said (1991). (perception, gender, self-disclosure, relational intimacy,

relational stages)

Mississippi Masala (1991). (relational stages, perception, co-culture, intercultural,

stereotypes, prejudice, self-disclosure, relational intimacy, listening, communication

competence)

The Doctor (1991). (perception, empathy, roles)

1989 Dead Poets Society (1989). (group communication, communication climate, conflict,

critical thinking, defiance, group development, group polarization, self-concept)

When Harry Met Sally (1989). (gender, relational stages)

1986 Children of a Lesser God (1986). (intercultural, communication climate, power, relational

dialectics, relational stages)

1985 The Breakfast Club (1985). (group cohesiveness, group development, perception, power,

roles, self-disclosure, status)

1983 Being There (1983). (language, perception)

1957 Twelve Angry Men (1957). (group communication, listening, persuasion, communication

climate, conformity, critical thinking, defiance, group roles, listening, perception, power)