Assimilation paper

Assignment is to (a) advance and explain a general conclusion about human communication and (b) support this general conclusion using arguments drawn from theories of human communication. There are two general goals for this paper. The first goal is assimilation. This assignment requires you to assimilate (to make similar; cause to resemble) material on human communication around a single general conclusion. This task helps you to see how course material fits together in terms of broader themes or assumptions about communication. The second goal is to develop your analytical skills. You are asked to identify how specific theories of human communication are related to a general conclusion about communication. This task often requires looking at information from different perspectives and thinking about it in a new way. The analytical thinking required by this assignment is a challenging but useful skill. The theories we have studied are Social judgement theory, Relational Dialects, Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Expectancy Violations Theory, Dramatism. Also, we must use "implications".