READING REFLECTION CHAPTER 2
Instructions:
1. After reading chapter 2, answer the first question, and then write-up your responses to one of the prompt #2 options.
2. Submit your reading reflection as a .pdf or .docx file in Moodle.
First question:
i. What was the most meaningful, interesting, or significant thing you learned from this chapter?
For prompt #2 you have two options (you only need to select one to answer):
2a. Imagine you are a communication scholar. Which paradigm would you most likely use to study Communication? In other words, would you do research in rhetoric, elocution, social science, social constructionism, or critical/cultural studies? Justify your position by explaining why you think the paradigm you choose is the best to study Communication and the limitations of adhering to the other paradigms. Also, what are the limitations to the paradigm you chose?
2b. Your friend has decided to take this particular Communication course next semester. They ask you to explain something you have recently learned in the course. Since you just finished reading Chapter 2, you decide to explain to them the different paradigms within the field of Communication. How would you explain these paradigms to your friend? What would you say? What examples would you use so that your friend could understand what each paradigm deems significant in regards to studying Communication?