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The Slap Heard Round the World: Using Live Televised Award-Show Incidents to Teach Expectancy Violations Theory
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Christopher J. E. Anderson; Paige H. Corcoran; Benjamin A. Mosher; Calli Ruggles Smith; Brooke A. Zoller – Communication Teacher, 2024
This activity provides students with a way of understanding expectancy violations theory (EVT) by examining incidents that occurred during televised award shows. In this activity, in small groups, students will delve into well-known award-show incidents, such as Will Smith's slapping of Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards, to understand the…
Descriptors: Expectation, Interpersonal Relationship, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
"Nobody Puts Baby in a Binder": Using Memes to Teach Visual Reason
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Stones, Emily – Communication Teacher, 2017
Courses: Visual Rhetoric, Political Communication, Media and Society, Argumentation. Objective: Students trace a social hierarchy created through the visual reason of memes.
Descriptors: Social Structure, Social Systems, Learning Activities, Behavioral Objectives
Escaping the Zoo! Exploring Personal World Views and Other "Natural" Aspects of Culture
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Kirschbaum, Kris; Hall, Bradford J. – Communication Teacher, 2013
This article describes an activity for a course in "Intercultural Communication, Communication and Diversity" that is designed to help students better understand the concept of world views in everyday life. It also provides an understanding of how world views may be connected to values, norms, and ethnocentrism in very personal and…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, World Views, Class Activities, College Students