COMM 10
Introduction to Communication
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to study of interpersonal and mass communication using interdisciplinary approach. Exploration of basic methods and theoretical perspectives that social scientists and others use to study interpersonal and mass communication, and basic concepts used to describe and explain that communication. Historical overview of each major mass media. Study of significant current topical issues related to means of communication that reach large numbers of people. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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This was honestly the worst class I have taken at UCLA. His tests were impossible because they were completely subjective. I got a B-, and before this class I had straight As at UCLA. 7 people out of 200 got As, the averages on the midterm and final were low Cs. He required us to buy 2 books, and each cost over $100! Take this class with another professor.
This was honestly the worst class I have taken at UCLA. His tests were impossible because they were completely subjective. I got a B-, and before this class I had straight As at UCLA. 7 people out of 200 got As, the averages on the midterm and final were low Cs. He required us to buy 2 books, and each cost over $100! Take this class with another professor.
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I whish I would have read this page before I decided to be in Marashi's Comm 10 section. His lectures are extremly unstructured and they did not prepare me the slightest for the very hard exams. Marashi does not seem very interested in his students and this class was a huge disappointment. Avoid!
I whish I would have read this page before I decided to be in Marashi's Comm 10 section. His lectures are extremly unstructured and they did not prepare me the slightest for the very hard exams. Marashi does not seem very interested in his students and this class was a huge disappointment. Avoid!
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Spring 2023 - Tor was an extremely helpful TA for what is an extremely difficult Comm class. Even though there is an immense amount of content to cover, Tor does his best in explaining the core concepts in discussion. He is good at paring things down to help us understand the big picture, and though sections are optional, going is useful for preparing for the exams (which are in person, and are only short answers and essays). Overall, though Comm 10 was not my favorite course in the comm major, Tor made the experience as enjoyable as he could.
Spring 2023 - Tor was an extremely helpful TA for what is an extremely difficult Comm class. Even though there is an immense amount of content to cover, Tor does his best in explaining the core concepts in discussion. He is good at paring things down to help us understand the big picture, and though sections are optional, going is useful for preparing for the exams (which are in person, and are only short answers and essays). Overall, though Comm 10 was not my favorite course in the comm major, Tor made the experience as enjoyable as he could.
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Fall 2020 - To be brief, I would not recommend taking this class unless you are 100% CERTAIN that you want to major in Comm. I lost interest in doing so (for reasons unrelated to this class) around the second half of the quarter and felt like I was wasting so much time and energy to do well since I couldn't drop or P/NP. Anyway, the first half of the class was on interpersonal communication and I found the content pretty interesting. I was excited for the second half (on mass communication) but it was DREADFUL, like so boring that I stopped listening to the lectures and, instead, skimmed the lecture transcript for information related to the key points in the lecture guides. The essay was kinda fun since you are encouraged to exclusively use your experience and observations. I wrote about the "politics" of kissing in American culture, completed it in a day's time, and did fairly well on it. If you really resonate with an essay topic and dedicate a couple of days to it you shouldn't have that hard of a time writing it. The midterm and final were straightforward and open note, so if you take decent notes and study a bit you will probably be fine. The midterm consisted of ~29 short response questions (~50% related to lecture content, ~50% related to assigned articles) and two long response questions (one on lecture content, the other on Tannen book), where the final consisted of ~26 short response questions (mostly related to lecture/assigned articles with a few on Price book) and three long response questions (two on lecture content, the other on Jones book). I didn't really prepare for either of the exams except for making all my notes and the readings easily accessible (AKA Ctrl-F-able). So if you're taking this online, digitize EVERYTHING. This will definitely help you pass if you're struggling to find the motivation to study hard during these difficult times.
Fall 2020 - To be brief, I would not recommend taking this class unless you are 100% CERTAIN that you want to major in Comm. I lost interest in doing so (for reasons unrelated to this class) around the second half of the quarter and felt like I was wasting so much time and energy to do well since I couldn't drop or P/NP. Anyway, the first half of the class was on interpersonal communication and I found the content pretty interesting. I was excited for the second half (on mass communication) but it was DREADFUL, like so boring that I stopped listening to the lectures and, instead, skimmed the lecture transcript for information related to the key points in the lecture guides. The essay was kinda fun since you are encouraged to exclusively use your experience and observations. I wrote about the "politics" of kissing in American culture, completed it in a day's time, and did fairly well on it. If you really resonate with an essay topic and dedicate a couple of days to it you shouldn't have that hard of a time writing it. The midterm and final were straightforward and open note, so if you take decent notes and study a bit you will probably be fine. The midterm consisted of ~29 short response questions (~50% related to lecture content, ~50% related to assigned articles) and two long response questions (one on lecture content, the other on Tannen book), where the final consisted of ~26 short response questions (mostly related to lecture/assigned articles with a few on Price book) and three long response questions (two on lecture content, the other on Jones book). I didn't really prepare for either of the exams except for making all my notes and the readings easily accessible (AKA Ctrl-F-able). So if you're taking this online, digitize EVERYTHING. This will definitely help you pass if you're struggling to find the motivation to study hard during these difficult times.
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