Multi-dimensional in its approach, Communication Studies Department uses the rich resources of both the humanities and the social sciences in exploring the human capacity for speech - when, where, why, how, and with what effect people interact through language and extra-linguistic symbols - and focuses on the theory and practice of human communication in a variety of contexts: interpersonal, intercultural, instructional, organizational, political, in dyads, in small groups, and in the mass media. The Communication Studies program prepares students for graduate work or careers in a wide variety of occupations that place a premium on excellent communication skills. The Communication Studies degree program is now among the most popular in the College of Liberal Arts.

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Senior Projects from 2011

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Behind the Gates: A Feminist Critique of Bravo’s "The Real Housewives of Orange County", Giovanna Derenzo

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Art as Propaganda in Nazi Germany, Brianna Louise Dinsmore

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Find Oz and Lula Fundraising Event, Natalie Do and Rebecca Leong

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Demeaning Males Across Media: Three Recurring Themes, Jeanette Erlendson

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Ideologies Present in World War II Era Pulp Magazines, Joshua Taylor Farris

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Barack Obama Inaugural Address: The Optimistic Jeremiad, Jason Fields

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The Genre of Abolition Rhetoric and Frederick Douglass' "What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July?", Kelsey Lauren Fisher

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Developing & Improving CommunicationStudies.info, Chase Fleming

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Rolling Stone and Stanley McChrystal: A Case of Muck-Raking, Westley (West) Fletcher

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A Day with the Mustangs, Gracie Elise Flint and Christina Beverly Fromson

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Ideological Criticism Of The National Football League's Increase In Helmet To Helmet Discipline, Dante Joseph Gentile

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Hiring and Recruitment as Rhetorical Strategies: An Analysis of the Way Businesses Approach Graduating University Students and Influence their Choices, Sean D. Gibson

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The Effects of Message Framing and Denotative Specificity on Students' Opinions of the HPV Vaccination, Arielle Tenaya Marie Gout and Katherine Marie Kays

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Master Communicator, Jonathan M. Gunderson

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Constructing A Dream: A Close Textual Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream", Kelly Anne Hanson

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Application of Communication Concepts and Variables to Event Coordination: Flavor of SLO, Sarah Hedayati

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Rick Warren's Inaugural Invocation: A Generic Application, Hillary Ann Hicks

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A Speech Of Defense: Obama's Apologia For Himself And The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Trevor Adams Hogan

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Strategic Communications Planning for Non-Profit Organizations: A Data-Based Application of a Seven Step Model, Christina Hoogendam

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Words That (Don’t) Matter: An Evaluative Study of Four Names in Environmental Rhetoric, Larissa Hope Jaskulsky

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The Dimensions of Source Credibility and Salesperson Persuasion, Eric Jaso

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Flavor of SLO, Kendra Noel Jorde

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Personal Branding for Professional Success (Brand Development for Communication Studies Students), Breeana J. Kelly-Slatten

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The Defining Moment for a Feminist Figure: An Analysis of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “The Solitude of Self”, Natalie JoAnn Kiss

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Consolatory Discourse: A Farewell To Life, Keith M. Klemens