COMM 8018 - Joint Action: Meaning, Thought and Episodic Action

3 cr.

Students will become familiar with the George Herbert Mead’s ideas about joint action, the later work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and John Dewey’s conceptions of aesthetics, experience, and consummatory moments. The course will explore emotions as social construction, and applications to non-responding media such as television, radio, or listening to music.