University of Wisconsin–Madison

course_term: Spring 2021

COM ARTS 705

Introduces key stages in the processes of gathering and analyzing data for decision making, including tasks, methods, and tools used at each stage. Topics include developing the research question from organizational goals, choosing appropriate data collection methods, sampling, basics of measurement and question design, managing and visualizing data, descriptive statistics and basic inferential statistics such …

COM ARTS 626

Advanced level seminar that involves critical analysis of conceptual and methodological issues underlying empirical research on how social media affect and are affected by adolescent development, provides a venue for feedback on design of research studies involving youth and social media, and fosters interdisciplinary approaches to studying connections between youth development and social media use.

COM ARTS 905

Advanced research in rhetorical theory and criticism, and in the history of public address.

COM ARTS 904

Social scientific approaches to the study of interpersonal communication and media effects.

COM ARTS 903

Current research in cultural studies, audience effects, broadcast regulation, history of broadcasting and comparative national systems.

COM ARTS 902

Studies in advanced research in film history, theory and criticism.