Comm blog entry #4

Here are some final thoughts about the course.

While it is certainly interesting to know about the various different communication theories that we have learnt, one can't help but feel that some of these theories range from feeling slightly dated (mass communication theories circa '67) to downright bewildering (postmodern theorizing, i had to pause and stop to re-read many portions because it just didn't make much sense the first time round).

Nevertheless there were a few theories that were quite relevant such as the theories about communication communities, we live in many different communities throughout our lives and how we communicate between them certainly seems applicable and relevant.

I must applaud the efforts of professor Robert M Armstrong for doing his best to make his classes engaging and interesting with his many intersting anecdotes while delivering the lecture. I was going to complain about the workload whereby there seemed to be a new project to work on every week when it dawned on me that professor armstrong is going to be one getting the short end of the stick! (6 assignments multiplied by the whole class... maybe 40-60 of us.... and movie reviews to grade....gee I wouldn't want to be him).

It is admirable of him to be such a hard worker.... although i think he could take it easy from time to time... Singapore is already a stressful enough place to live in as it is!