Required Texts for Some COMM/THEA Faculty Classes - FALL 2010

If you don't see a listing for the course you are taking, contact directly the COMM Faculty member teaching the course.

COMM 101g - Fundamentals of Communication (all sections)

J. Pearson, P. Nelson, S. Tittsworth, L. Harter. Human Communication (3rd ed.). McGraw Hill, 2007.   ISBN: 978-0-07-338501-3

COMM 230 - Introduction to Communication Studies (Trudi Peterson & Kate Zittlow Rogness)

E. Griffin. A first look at Communication Theory (7th ed.). McGraw Hill  2008.  ISBN: 978-0-07-338502-0

COMM 231 - Interpersonal Communication (Trudi Peterson)

R. Adler, L. Rosenfeld, R. Proctor. Interplay: The process of Interpersonal Communication (10th ed.). Oxford, 2006.  ISBN: 0-19-530992-8

COMM 233 - Advanced Public Speaking (Kate Zittlow-Rogness)

Karlyn Kohrs Campbell & Susan Huxman . The Rhetorical Act: Thinking, Speaking and Writing Critically  (4th Edition). Wadsworth, 2009.    ISBN-10: 0-495-09172-3     ISBN-13: 978-0-495-09172-1

COMM 261 - Mass Media and Modern Society (Joe Angotti)

Richard Campbell, Christopher Martin, Bettina Fabos.  Media and Culture (7th ed.). Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009.  ISBN-13: 978-0312485467   

COMM 263 - Radio and TV Production (Chris Goble)

Zettl, H. Video Basics 6. 6^th Edition. Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2007. ISBN-10: 0-495-56943-7

COMM 321 - Junior Colloquium (Lee McGaan)

No required textbooks

COMM 333 - Organizational Communication (Lee McGaan)

Katherine Miller. Organizational Communication: Approaches and Processes (5th ed.).  Wadsworth, 2008.  ISBN:  978-0495565512 

COMM 335 - Argumentation (Kate Zittlow-Rogness)

Thomas A. Hollihan and Kevin T. Baaske .  Arguments and Arguing: The Products and Process of Human Decision Making, Second Edition).  Waveland Press,  2005.   ISBN: 1-57766-362-4   ISBN 13: 978-1-57766-362-1

COMM 363 - Media and Public Relations Writing (Jeff Roegner)

Wilcox, Dennis L.  Public Relations:  Writing and Media Techniques (6th ed.).  Allyn-Bacon, 2009.  ISBN-13: 978-0205648283

Brooks, Brian S., et. al. Working With Words:  A Handbook for Media Writers and Editors (6th ed.).  Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006.   ISBN-10: 031244267X ;  ISBN-13: 978-0312442675

COMM 367- Layout & Design (Chris Goble)

Macario, J.  Graphic Design Essentials, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson: Prentice Hall, 2009.
ISBN-10: 0-13-605235-5

Summers, K. & Summers M.  Creating Websites that Work.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 
ISBN-10: 0-618-22605-2

COMM 421 - Senior Colloquium (Lee McGaan)

No required textbooks

INTG 415 – Media and the Self-Directed Citizen  (Lee McGaan)

K.H. Jamieson and K.K. Campbell (2006). The Interplay of Influence: News, Advertising, Politics and the Internet, 6th ed. Wadsworth.     ISBN- 13: 978534559380 (paper)

Cass R Sunstein (2006). Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge. Oxford University Press, 2006.    ISBN-13:  978-0-19-534067-9 (paper) 

PUBR 341 – Public Relations (William Wallace)

Fraser P. Seitel .  The Practice of Public Relations (11^th ed.).  Prentice-Hall,  2010.  ISBN-13: 9780136088905 (paper)