COMM 422 - Argumentation and Advocacy.

Institution:

Drury University

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Description:

Prerequisite: Comm 211. The First Amendment coupled with our marketplace of ideas mentally requires that competent communicators get and practice criticalthinking skills. Argumentation and Advocacy explores these skills in tandem with the public discourse vehicle. Students are required to examine and deploy various approaches in making and evaluating arguments in a public setting. Theories explored include transmission models of communication, Stephen Toulmin's model of argumentation and critical theory as it is applied to communication studies and the professions.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.drury.edu

Phone Number:

(417) 873-7879

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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