COM 314: Test #1 Review

1. According to your Jian, Schmisseur, and Fairhurst, which of the following is not a definition of communication?2. According to Jian, Schmisseur, and Fairhurst, which of the following is a possible relationship between (D)iscourse and communication?3. According to your Jian, Schmisseur, and Fairhurst, what is the relationship between (d)iscourse and (D)iscourse?4. According to Phillips and Jorgensen, which of the following is not a principle of social constructionism?5. According to Ferdinand de Saussure, what is the distinction between langue and parole?6. According to Johnstone, what are the goals of discourse analysis?7. According to Johnstone, what is the relationship between discourse and the medium through which it is represented?8. According to Laclau and Mouffe, all discourses aspire to what condition?9. In what ways do Laclau and Mouffee differ from Marx in their conceptions of social class?10. According to Laclau and Mouffe, a (D)iscourse that has the appearance of objective fact does because it is?11. In what sense if society possible?12. According to Lacan, what does it mean the subject is split never quite becoming itself?13. According to Laclau and Mouffe, antagonisms occur due to which of the following conditions?14. Which of the following best defines Laclau and Mouffes notion of articulation?15. In what ways does Faircloughs Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) differ from Laclau and Mouffes Discourse Analysis?16. What is the primary goal or aim of CDA?17. In CDA, intertextuality refers to what practice?18. Accroding to CDA, what is an ideology?19. In CDA, what are the three dimensions of any particular analysis?20. At what level of analysis does interdiscursivity enter into CDA?

Define and provide an example for five of the following terms. I will remove five of the following on the day of the test.

1. Social constructionism2. Suture3. Subject4. Closure5. Floating signifier6. Nodal point7. Logic of equivalence8. Logic of difference9. Antagonism10. Genre11. Intertextuality12. Discursive practice13. Social practice14. Nominalization15. Interdiscursivity

Write a short essay on one of the following: I will remove one of the following on the day of the test.

1. Compare and contrast two different definitions of (D)iscourse (Laclau and Moufffe; Fairclough; Jian, et. al.). How are they alike? How are they different? Which do you prefer and why?2. How would you define the relationship between (D)iscourse and ideology? Is it closer to Laclau and Mouffe who see no clear distinction between the two or is more like Faircloughs conceptualization?3. Compare and contrast the three different structures for circulating meaning in society (Mills power elite; Dahls pluralism; hegemonic-dominance). Which do you think best describes how meaning moves through society? Provide an example.