<p>Lecture, three hours. Introduction to using computerized methods to model communication processes. Survey of various computational methods, and how to apply these in hands-on exercises. Exercises help setup small-scale simulations of communicators on personal computers. Covers computer models for individual communicators, dyads, groups, and collective (mass) systems. Letter grading.</p>

Communication

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College of Letters and Science

The department studies the nature of human communication at multiple levels of analysis.

General Catalog

Computer Models of Communicators

COMM 131

4 units