Essays on Communication Studies

Ashanique watson Mr. Row Law October 7, 2012 “Equity does not destroy the Common law but assist it”. Explain the statement with reference to decided cases. Equity is a body of law that is found upon the principles of fairness and conscience. It piecemeal development took place over many years as a direct result of…

The most interesting part of this course was the chapter on “Nonverbal Communication”, specifically the section titled “How can we tell if someone is lying to us?” (Goodboy, Shultz, 2012) When I used to watch the show Lie to Me I was fascinated by the idea that a person could tell if someone was lying…

This is the ability of the media to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda. The media does not control what the public thinks, but it plays a part in what they should think of, they paint the idea as important and the public would consider it important. The media uses…

The writer’s main point is that superstitions are highly overrated and can be proven to be fake via statistical data even though it is believed by most. This piece entitled “the leap year superstition” is a descriptive piece. It involves the collection of data via surveys, interviews or the internet to help show that superstitions…

I have chosen to analyze my reflective piece, “Diary of an Insecure Girl” in terms of the attitudes to language and communicative behaviors which are found therein. Attitudes to Language refer to the manner in which people use and view the varieties of English spoken in the Caribbean. A consideration adopted in looking at attitudes…