It should just be a paragraph or two explaining what the organization does and starting to analyze it through the lens of the five key course questions, which are listed on the syllabus.
Communication 153
Spring 2024 MW 3:30-4:45
Teaching Assistant Julia Kuhlman
Office: Zoom
Office Hours: T 1:00-3:00
and by appointment
Email: [email protected]
Political Communication
Professor Michael Stohl
Office: SS&MS 4125
Office Hours: MW 12:00-1:30
and by appointment
Email: [email protected]
Overview: This course examines communication and global advocacy organizations with particular reference to two types of organizations, NGOs that advocate for human rights, and terrorist organizations. We begin by examining the concepts of human rights and terrorism. Next, we examine how global organizations concerned with human rights, both governmental and non-governmental, have developed, how they operate, and how they interact with governments and other organizations and, then explore the development and changes in terrorist organizations. We then explore how organizational strategies and developments concerning human rights and terrorism have interacted with communication technologies, political opportunities, and events to create networks of human rights and terrorist organizations. In the final part of the course, we will consider the management of these organizations and their continuing struggles to recruit, fund and sustain their activities.
Throughout we are interested in five key questions:
1. What are the most effective actors and institutions for communicating new ideas, new attitudes, and new behaviors
1. What factors determine an actor’s receptivity to new ideas, new attitudes, and new behaviors, do strategies and tactics vary across audiences, and do strategies and tactics change by actors?
1. What factors determine the capacity of an organization to promote its goals?
1. What are the most effective messages to promote new ideas, new attitudes, and new behaviors, and how do these messages change as norms change?
1. How do NGOs and Terrorist Organizations retain their credibility (with their supporters and prospective supporters) and how effective are they in using the resources they raise and command?
All the readings listed below will be found on the Canvas Course site.
Assessment
This course is one of four upper-division communication courses that satisfy the general education writing requirement and hence assessment will be through essay examinations and a term paper. There will be three short take home essay examinations due on April 29, May 20, and June 14 at 5:00 PM on Canvas and a term paper due on June 5 by 3:30 PM (before class) on Canvas. The term paper (approximately 4000 words) will focus upon a particular NGO or Terrorist Group and examine the organizational structures and strategies the organization has chosen for organizing, mobilizing, communicating with members, networking, and achieving its goals. You will find it useful to think about the five questions above and to consider the audience(s) with whom the organization communicates- publics, governments, and other organizations (e.g. terrorist groups, NGOs, political parties etc.), as well as its internal organizational audience, while evaluating their strategies.
A brief description of the organization chosen must be submitted for approval by May 1 by 3:30 PM on Canvas The paper is due on June 5 by 3:30 PM on Canvas.
No late exams or papers will be accepted and no make-up exams will be given unless there is a documented case of extreme emergency. The examinations and the paper will each constitute 25% of the grade.
You may choose either the APA or the Chicago Manual of Style as your bibliographic style as long as you are consistent throughout. If you have second (or third) language skills, you might consider examining organizations whose “home” base is not within the English-speaking world. This might prove very enlightening when thinking about global connections and communication strategies.
Schedule
http://www.hep.ucsb.edu/people/hnn/conduct/disq.html
Grading Scale
A+ = 97-100
A = 93-96
A- = 90-92
B+ = 87-89
B = 83-86
B- = 80-82
C+ = 77-79
C = 73-76
C- = 70-72
D+ = 67-69
D = 63-66
D- = 60-62
F = 0-59
Additional Campus Resources
If you experience difficulty in this course for any reason, please don’t hesitate to contact your instructor. The following campus services might also be beneficial to you. Please use them as needed.
CSO Safety Escorts
805.893.2000 | https://www.police.ucsb.edu/cso/safety-escorts
The CSO (Community Service Organization) Escort Program is a free service provided to all students, faculty, and community members during the evening and early morning hours. The objective of the escort service is to provide a safer mode of transportation through campus and Isla Vista. The escort service is based on the “buddy” system which is to simply provide another person to travel with you to your destination. The CSO Escort Service can be used by simply calling the Police Dispatch through the Escort Phone Line at 893-2000. Escorts can also be requested through the Red Emergency Phones located all over campus.
Food For All
If you are facing any challenges securing food or housing, and believe this may affect your performance in the class, you are urged to meet with a Food Security and Calfresh Advocate, who is aware of the broad variety of resources that UCSB has to offer (see their drop-in hours at food.ucsb.edu ). You are also urged to contact the professor or teaching assistant if you are comfortable doing so.
Please visit food.ucsb.edu for additional resources including Calfresh, the AS Food Bank, and more.
Campus Learning Assistance Service
Location: Student Resource Building 3210 | 805.893.3269 | http://clas.sa.ucsb.edu/
CLAS helps students increase their mastery of course material through course-specific tutoring and academic skills development. The tutorial groups and drop-in tutoring schedules are posted on the website. CLAS also provides workshops and counseling in test- taking as well as paper-writing skills.
Counseling Services
Location: Building 599 | 805.893.4411 | http://caps.sa.ucsb.edu/
Counseling Services offers counseling for personal concerns and crisis intervention, stress management, self-help information, and connections to off-campus mental health resources.
Office of Student Life
Location: Student Resource Building 1104 & 2260 | 805.893.4569 | http://osl.sa.ucsb.edu/
The Office of Student Life provides assistance with student emergencies, administrative withdrawals, and other unique academic situations and options.
Disabled Students Program
Location: 2120 Student Resources Building | 805.893.2668 | http://dsp.sa.ucsb.edu/
The Disabled Students Program offers many services, such as reading services, notetaking assistance, test-taking accommodations, and registration assistance. For more information on these services, eligibility, and registration, please call or visit the Disabled Students Program office.
ONDAS Student Center
Location: Kerr Hall 1150 | 805.893.3457| http://ondas.ucsb.edu/
The OSC offers academic support, mentoring, special programming, and community for all UCSB students, especially first generation students.
Transfer Student Center
Location: UCSB Library, First Floor, Ocean Side | http://www.transfercenter.ucsb.edu/
A space for transfer students to make connections, find academic support, mentoring, and special programs.
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