Editing Communication Theory Development (Fall 2025) (section)

=== Module IV: New Frontiers ===
==== Day 19: Wednesday November 26: Habermasian Public Spheres & Theory in Engaged Scholarship ====

:''Note: These topics were selected based on requests from the class based on our conversations over the quarter.''

* Habermas, Jürgen. 1974. “The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article (1964).” Translated by Sara Lennox and Frank Lennox. ''New German Critique'', no. 3: 49–55. https://doi.org/10.2307/487737. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.2307/487737}}
* Fraser, Nancy. 1990. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy.” ''Social Text'', no. 25/26: 56–80. https://doi.org/10.2307/466240. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.2307/466240}}
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* Barge, J. Kevin, and Pamela Shockley-Zalabak. 2008. “Engaged Scholarship and the Creation of Useful Organizational Knowledge.” ''Journal of Applied Communication Research'' 36 (3): 251–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909880802172277. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1080/00909880802172277}}
* Wolfe, Anna Wiederhold, and Tyler Champine. 2023. “Developing a Grounded Practical Theory of Engaged Communication Scholarship: Theorizing Communities of Practice in NCA Journals.” ''Journal of Applied Communication Research'' 51 (2): 146–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2022.2127120. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2022.2127120}}

==== Day 20: Monday December 1: Styles of Theorizing ====

:''Note: These topics were selected based on requests from the class based on our conversations over the quarter.''

* Healy, Kieran. 2017. “Fuck Nuance.” ''Sociological Theory'' 35 (2): 118–27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735275117709046. {{avail-uw|https://doi.org/10.1177/0735275117709046.}}
* Hall, Stuart. 1992. “Cultural Studies and Its Theoretical Legacies.” In ''Cultural Studies'', edited by Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler. Routledge. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day20-styles?preview=142043839}}
* Merton, Robert K. 1957. “On Sociological Theory of the Middle Range.” In Social Theory and Social Structure, 1968 Enlarged Ed. Free Press. {{avail-canvas|1=https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1828104/files/folder/readings/day20-styles?preview=142086412}}

;Optional Readings:

* Miller, James. 2000. “Is Bad Writing Necessary?” ''Lingua Franca'' 9 (9). http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/files/badwriting.doc. {{avail-free|http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/files/badwriting.doc}}

==== Day 21: Wednesday December 3: Final Presentations ====

''The entire class will be devoted to final presentations.''

Everybody will have 20 minutes to present. Each presentation should be between 8-12 minutes and absolutely not longer than 15 minutes. I expect most people will use slides, but walking through posters could work too. I'm open/flexible, and you're welcome to be creative.