JNC1211: Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy of Communication

The aim of this module is to introduce students to key social psychological and philosophical frameworks, theories and models, and how these explain how and why people communicate with each other in the ways that they do. This module therefore explores how social, situational and structural factors affect communication of various kinds. Issues concerned with attitudinal, motivational cognitive, social identity and communication aspects of accommodation as well as cross-cultural communication will be explored.