This is Us: Exploring Complex Communication in Family and Interpersonal Relationships

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Often in our culture we learn about what it means to be in a particular relationship (e.g., family, romantic relationship, friendships) by watching media representations of these relationships. Sometimes these mediated relationships are an accurate representation of current knowledge about the relationship, but other times they are not. In this course, we will examine one such artifact, This is Us, and explore and analyze current relational communication literature to see how our social scientific knowledge about various relational communication topics is reflected in or challenges mediated representations of these relational issues in a popular TV show. Satisfies Magis Core Doing Social Science. P: Understanding Social Science course; Mathematical Reasoning course.