Communication in contemporary societies

I’m working on a communications writing question and need guidance to help me study.

Please note the following important instructions:

• Essays for all students should be 3,500 words (+/- 10%) – these limits are not negotiable.
• Essays are individual assignments, and the strictest penalties will be applied for plagiarism (please see your Handbook for details, and for guidance on appropriate citation practices and referencing)
• Submission time and date:***NEW before 1 pm on Monday 25th January, 2021***.

• What does recent research in one of the thematic areas below tell us about the theory and practice of communication in contemporary societies?Your focus may be, but doesn’t have to be, international and/or intercultural.

• Non-verbal communication
• Younger people and communication
• Older people and communication
• Multilingual communication
• Ethnicity and communication
• Gender and communication
• Computer mediated communication
• Health and communication
• Discrimination and communication
• Politics and communication
• Emotion and communication.

• `The function of communication in an interaction is to control the way we are perceived by others’.Discuss.

• Outline and discuss what we know about the processes of communication occurring in one of the following functions:

• Patronising
• Deceiving
• Gossiping
• Arguing

• Identify and discuss the main effects of the unequal distribution of power between groups and individuals on communication.You may focus on one type of relationship (e.g. between people of different ethnicity, sexuality, cultural group, age group or socio-economic status), and may confine your discussion to a single country, if you wish.

• Is there such a thing as a cultural learning style?

• To what extent are dementia and other disabilities socially constructed?

• What roles does personality play in communication between ‘cultural’ groups?

• Is the study of cross- or intercultural communication likely to make you better at adapting and adjusting to a new cultural environment? Why/Why not?

• Which variety or varieties of the English language do people currently learn and why?

Please note that most credit will be given for reference to recent empirical literature when completing your essay. See your Degree Programme Handbook for details about marking criteria, grading and for guidelines regarding style, as well as guidance for appropriate citation and referencing practices, etc.