Speech 148

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Speech 148

• Short Paper 1

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Here are some very broad topics you may choose
another one, not on the list, with my approval.
You will need to narrow the one you choose to
suit your interest. After youve done so, let me
know the thesis you would like to support in your
paper before proceeding. Use the MLA style of
documentation for this 3-5 page paper.
Suggested Topics

• I.
• the role of perception of self in interpersonal
  communication
• the role of culture in interpersonal
  communication
• the role of gender in interpersonal communication
• non-verbal communication
• communicative competence
• II.
• Watch a movie from the list below (Part III)
  then, identify and relate the communication
  problems experienced by one or more of the
  characters to your own experience and compare the
  way those problems were resolved in the movie and
  in your own life. What accounts for the
  differences in the way they were resolved? (from
  Inter-Act Web site)
• III.
• Watch a movie from the following list and analyze
  it in terms of one of the topics listed above
  (under Part I).
• Il Postino
• Brothers McMullen
• Smoke Signals
• Gregorio Cortez
• Tootsie
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Truly, Madly, Deeply
• Suggest a movie (get my approval).

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Thesis (movie option)
Example

• In the movie Truly, Madly, Deeply Ninas ability
  to terminate a relationship that has lingered
  beyond the grave can be explained in terms of the
  exchange theory of John W. Thibaut and Harold H.
  Kelley.

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In-Text Citation
Example

• Thibaut and Kelleys exchange theory explains
  relationships in terms of the exchange of
  rewards and costs that takes place during the
  individuals interaction (Verderber and
  Verderber 139).

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Corresponding Book Entry on Works Cited List
Example

• Verderber, Rudolph F., and Kathleen S.
  Verderber. Inter-Act Using Interpersonal
  Communication Skills. 7th ed. Belmont
  Wadsworth, 1995.

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Works Cited List Entry for Film/Video
Example

• Truly, Madly, Deeply. Dir. Anthony Minghella.
  Perf. Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson. Samuel
  Goldwyn, 1991.