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=**Welcome to Contemporary Issues In Interpersonal Communication ** = = =  This will be a wiki used by the Spring 2009 class. Please visit for page updates and information all semester long. Thanks for visiting.

One of the projects we will be working on this semester is a 6-week ethnographic study that encompasses observations, dialogue and a video or slide presentation. To download Audacity, please visit this [|link]. You must also download the Lame mp3 Encoder which you can access from [|here]. Here is a tutorial on Audacity and a Lame encoder explanation You can see some explanation on how to create a slide cast for the ethnographic study by taking this link to my [|SlideShare] account. When you develop your in-class presentation for this project, please keep in mind this outline:

1. Introduce yourself, your study and your reason for choosing the study you did 2. What were your preconceptions about the group you studied and what changed upon completion of the study? 3. What new skills and insights regarding communication did this study provide you? 4. Show your slidecast or project. 5. Take questions and develop discussion regarding your study and your creative project.

This is worth 100 points toward your final grade. Presentations begin on April 20th.

The study is based on the book media type="youtube" key="gDgFiW2xtf0" height="245" width="342" //Nicke////l and Dimed//, here is some background on the author's study.

To imagine the possibilities this video is a fun way to see how creative one can get when letting a conversation go, without preconceived perceptions.

media type="custom" key="2998280"  Enjoy. Learn more about creating wikis... [|Wikis In Plain English]

In looking at our study of nonverbal communication the second week of February, it came up during a workshop presented by Alyssa, that tone of voice can relate to authenticity, being taken seriously and the like. Please take a look at this [|911 call] and listen to the words and tone by both the caller and responder.

media type="custom" key="3218874" Is crowdsourcing a form of dialogical listening? Take and look and see! Also look at the competing argument for complete openness by taking the link to the __NY Times article__ [|The Way We Live Now- In Defense of Secrecy.]