The aims of this assessment task are to:
1. observe two or more people communicating with each other in a 'live' setting and to apply communication theories you have learned in Topics 1-3 to that event.
2. write an academic essay which: ?. briefly describes the communication event
?. analyses and evaluates the event by applying theories from Topics 1-3 to the event
?. evaluates the usefulness (or otherwise) of these theories for this purpose
?. conforms to the expected essay structure according to the relevant readings
for Topic 6. These can also be found through the SCU Academic Skills The essay question
Which communication theories that you have researched and applied, provide
most insight into understanding the dynamics of the observed event?
Draw on the materials and subject matter of Module One and the skills developed
through Module Two. With reference to at least three communication theories (or
aspects of theories), analyse the communication event you have observed. In your
essay compare and contrast the usefulness of the selected communication theories for analysing the event. Reference the essay correctly (using in-text referencing as well as a list of references at the end of your essay), in the style described by Summers and Smith (2006).