day 3 week 1

Nearly everyone in the class has accessed the class blackboard site, set up their various google accounts, and emailed me. So we're off to a great start! If you're having problems with blackboard you are not alone! Email me if you can't access that part of the class. Recently updated instructions are also available on the eCampus website.

There aren't many interpersonal communication books for upper-division courses. I like the Canary et al. book for several reasons. A primary one is the focus on goals the authors articulate in the first chapter. By defining communication as a goal-oriented activity, the authors differentiate communication from behavior. You may have learned about the axiom "one cannot not communicate." But there are times we're not communicating, we're simply behaving. Therefore, not all behavior is communication.

I hope you're finding the first few readings in the text interesting and the web lecture a helpful addition to those chapters. Note that you don't have to blog this week, but it's helpful to try it out so you're ready for Week 2.

--Professor Cyborg