He goes by Gabe!
Grades:
This class was not what I expected, but not in a negative way. You're ONLY graded on three things: 10% weekly Discussion Posts, 45% midterm exam, and 45% final exam. The midterm exam was brutal on a lot of us. He said that he expected an 87% average, much like his previous years. However, I don't think he took into account that we were taking the exam in-person and it was a much more limited time, and so the class average was actually around 76% or something. However, he curved it SOOO good. The midterm was much harder since you had to do like a full essay for 8 questions within 75 minutes and the instructions were unclear, random, and a bit quirky. As long as you write what you know, you'll be good though. Remember to relate your answer back to the question. If he does in-person exams, memorize the content. The final was a take-home exam, he helped us a ton on it. You don't need to memorize anything or have a deep understanding for take-homes. Just connect it back to the readings (look at the abstracts, don't [re]read everything). It was much easier than the midterm, but far more time consuming. Study and show your knowledge and you'll be fine. I got an A for both, but again I only really studied for the midterm.

Professor:
Great professor, super funny, cute dogs. Hes super helpful and you can tell he cares about his students. He answered so many questions about the final and with speed. Lectures are super engaging, but extremely, extremely dense. Constantly felt like information over load (you could say it exceeded my channel capacity.. you'll understand later). On top of that, he talks quite fast. My brain could not handle it some times so thats why it's a good idea to look at the slides after class and record the lectures (he allows this). Despite this, I've never learned so much in a COMM class. Genuinely very interesting, just wish my brain worked faster. He covers so many topics like AI, technical communication, art, etc.

Tips:
Everyone says this class was really hard this quarter, and it's true. I told myself this was worse than Suman so many times, but it really isn't. Try your best on the exams, study, and it'll be good. Go to office hours, especially before the final/midterm. Don't feel overwhelmed by the technical lingo, you'll get through it.

Also - Gabe literally didn't bash Trump. Not sure what that other reviewer is talking about. But in the last few weeks of the course, Gabe talks about political communication. He goes through this idea that people who are so devoted to the left/right see anything neutral as a direct threat to them. Looks like it's true.

I'm really liking this class so far! The material itself can be difficult to grasp but it's so interesting and really changes how you view the world. There's also barely any work: all you need to do is post 3 weekly discussion posts (10% of your grade), take the midterm (45% of your grade) and then take the final (45% of your grade). A lot of people were complaining about the midterm which was tedious and definitely fast-paced, but he ended up curving it a ton. Gabe is an incredibly engaging lecturer and I definitely recommend taking this comm req with him over anyone else

The material in the class is a bit complex, but Professor Jones does a good job at breaking things down in an engaging way. The class is mostly based on weekly discussion posts and response papers, which were more work than the average Comm class but not unreasonable by any means. Reading is necessary for this class in order to complete the response papers, but they're all posted for free on BruinLearn. Professor Jones was also incredibly responsive to students' questions. Overall I would recommend taking this class with him.

Dr. Jones was the reason I survived this class! He was thoughtful and there for his students. Couldn't recommend taking him more!

This is my first upper div for COMM 100 and I absolutely loved it! Mainly due to the professor as he was so sarcastic and truly engaging to learn from. The summer course followed similar guidelines as the previous reviews except there was no 4 page review paper. Instead it went like weekly discussions posts and responses, weekly essay prompts, and a final paper. Very manageable - if you do not receive an A from this prof/course, I would be surprised. Although a couple of the reviews for this course say that the science behind the theories are difficult to understand but I found it relatively simple - perhaps it is Prof Jones who makes it this way, but don't be afraid of this course. Personally, it was one of my favorite under the COMM department! A lot of the material is can be applicable to real life which should assist in your understanding.

All in all, great prof, great course.

My review of this class has nothing to do with the professor, but with the material. It wasn't what I expected. And, he used really great methods making us actually use the theories and come up with our own hypotheses and ways to test the theories, and much of it was a bit abstract and hard to apply to a real life situation. He gave a lot of great examples in the lecture. His lectures were very organized and great slides. This was a summer course, so the lectures were 2 hours and 5 minutes twice a week, and he used 2 hours and 5 minutes and didn't stop a minute early, and took no breaks. So, that was tough as the material was deep and complex and it was tough to still be soaking anything in during the second half. So, I spent a lot of time going back and having to spend even more time re-listening to lectures so that I understood the material. But, he is a great instructor, it's just the material was hard for me to understand.

Professor Jones has been very open to feedback, criticism, answering questions, etc. with students the entire quarter. A huge issue with this class was that the TAs had different expectations and ideas with the professor himself. Sometimes, the topics that the professor suggested may not be accepted by the TA (who does the grading). My TA had expected us to have graduate level writing *ridiculous* and only left feedback for the first paper (had to go to office hours for feedback which didn't work for me who is in another time zone).

I took Professor Jones’ Communication Science course in Winter 2021 when it was online. The course grade consisted of 9 weekly discussion boards, 5 response papers, and 2 reflection papers. Toward the end of the class, he decided to make some of these assignments optional to accommodate for the difficult circumstances, which many students appreciated. His lecturers were asynchronous, and Professor Jones did an excellent job in explaining and breaking down each topic. The content of the course was very interesting, and as a first-year transfer student and Communication Major who is interested in research, I highly recommend taking this class in winter if you are interested in research or gaining a broad overview of communication studies. My favorite topics were the philosophy of science and models of communication while the most difficult for me was social networks. My TA, Kelsey Kim, was extraordinary, cheerful, and very clear with what we needed to write for our papers. Discussion sections with her were really helpful in guiding us on how we should write our papers, and she was a very fair grader. I was very fortunate to have her because the TA can very much make or break your experience in this class. Overall, this was a solid class with Professor Jones, Kelsey, and the topics we learned about.

I really enjoy this class despite the amount of work it is to study for the tests. He assigns reading but personally i didn’t find them necessary- he did use vocab from the readings but he gave the list of them in a study guide so the long readings just felt unnecessary. Overall the class was very fun because he related a lot of the topics to real life things happening today. It is helpful to go to lectures but also he posts the slides.

Professor Jones was really understanding this quarter & made himself available at all times for questions. Grades were made up of weekly discussion posts/replies, weekly response papers, and the final. The final was take-home and we had ~2 days to finish it (but it did not take the whole time). Grading was very fair and the expectations/rubrics for assignments were made very clear. Professor Jones gave the option of recorded lectures or attending in person. Discussion section is optional (not mandatory or part of the grade) but it was very helpful. I had Theo as my TA and he was the best!!