Stephen Warren's Lectures

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 2 - Schechner Chapter 2 - What is Performance Studies? By Steve Granelli.

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 1 - Schechner Chapter 1 - What is Performance? By Steve Granelli.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 3 - Defining systems theory and showing sports examples, employee relations, and a organizational communication flow.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 2 - Defining and showing different communication models, reception theory, and a sports communication model.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 1 - A brief introduction into what sports communication is, before discussing social construction theory.

Week 13 (Apr 26) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media

This episode covers Uses & Gratifications, which explores how and why people select the media they do and what they get out of it.

Week 11 (Apr 12) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media

This episode covers Parasocial Interaction, which explains that we can perceive one-sided relationships with mediated characters and figures similarly to real interpersonal relationships.

With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 10 (Apr 5) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media

This episode covers the field of research more concerned with how people benefit from media use: Positive Media Psychology.

With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 8 (Mar 22) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media

This episode covers the various theories that try to explain the process of persuasion, especially the Elaboration Likelihood Model.

With instructor Stephen Warren

Second lecture from Week 7 (Mar 17) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media

This episode covers stereotypes in media and how people's prejudices can be influenced by those media portrayals.

With instructor Stephen Warren