Stephen Warren's Lectures

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 8 - Schechner Chapter 10 - Intercultural and Global Performances. By Steve Granelli

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 10 - Framing. What is Framing? Then, how researchers study framing and framing effects. Then, a couple of framing exercises.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 9 - Agenda Setting. What is it and what are the different types? Also, we discuss gatekeeping and look at a sports highlight.

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 7 - Schechner Chapter 3 - Performance Processes. By Steve Granelli

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 6 - Schechner Chapter 4 - The Broad Spectrum of Performance. By Steve Granelli

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 5 - Schechner Chapter 8 - Performativity. By Steve Granelli

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 4 - Schechner Chapter 6 - Play. By Steve Granelli.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 8 - A bit on sports fandom. Then, we look at two theories that explain how people interact with media. First, a brief history of the "legacy of fear." Second, an introduction to uses and gratifications theory. Then, we tie it all together to discuss how people can influence and are influenced by sports media.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 7 - Ethical dilemmas, the difficulty of making decisions, and ethical tools to help. Then, what's the difference between ethics and morality? Finally, how morality relates to entertainment (and sport spectating) enjoyment.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 6 - The relationship between sports and politics/social issues, and how social media has amplified that relationship.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 5 - How the NFL and Roger Goodell used image restoration approaches when responding to the Ray Rice elevator tape - A case study.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 4 - Defining stakeholders, crisis, sports crisis, crisis communication, and introducing image restoration approaches.

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 3 - Schechner Chapter 5 - Ritual. By Steve Granelli.

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 2 - Schechner Chapter 2 - What is Performance Studies? By Steve Granelli.

Sport and Spectacle Lecture 1 - Schechner Chapter 1 - What is Performance? By Steve Granelli.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 3 - Defining systems theory and showing sports examples, employee relations, and a organizational communication flow.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 2 - Defining and showing different communication models, reception theory, and a sports communication model.

Sports, Media, and Communication Lecture 1 - A brief introduction into what sports communication is, before discussing social construction theory.

Week 13 (Apr 26) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers Uses & Gratifications, which explores how and why people select the media they do and what they get out of it.

Week 11 (Apr 12) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers Parasocial Interaction, which explains that we can perceive one-sided relationships with mediated characters and figures similarly to real interpersonal relationships. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 10 (Apr 5) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers the field of research more concerned with how people benefit from media use: Positive Media Psychology. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 8 (Mar 22) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers the various theories that try to explain the process of persuasion, especially the Elaboration Likelihood Model. With instructor Stephen Warren

Second lecture from Week 7 (Mar 17) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers stereotypes in media and how people's prejudices can be influenced by those media portrayals. With instructor Stephen Warren

First lecture from Week 7 (Mar 15) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers Cultivation and how heavy viewers of TV can perceive the real world more similarly than light viewers to how the world is portrayed on TV. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 6 (Mar 8) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers Framing Theory and how a small change in the way a story is presented, described, or characterized can influence the audience's opinions or attitudes about that story. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 5 (Mar 1) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers the theory of Agenda Setting and if, how, and why news media decide which stories are newsworthy and important. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 4 (Feb 22) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers the lecture about Media Priming and how media content can trigger people's thoughts, emotions, ideas, or even actions. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 3 (Feb 15) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers the lecture about Social Cognitive Theory and how people learn to model behavior they see from others. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 2 (Feb 8) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers the lecture about out first theory of the semester, Third Person Effect. With instructor Stephen Warren

Week 1 (Feb 1) of COMM 226 - The Social Impact of Mass Media This episode covers both lectures about the history of mass media and media effects research, leading up to where researchers are today. With instructor Stephen Warren