Leadership, Gender, and Communication in Movies

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

• Competency 1: Critically analyze issues related to gender and communication.
  • Select and describe key concepts of gendered communication.
• Competency 3: Compare and contrast both verbal and nonverbal communication differences between men and women.
  • Describe communication and gendered communication theories, concepts, and terminology that are linked to media.
• Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
  • Communicate by completing a detailed, clear, robust outline and summary, using an appropriate outline format.

This is the first component of your Leadership, Gender, and Communication in Movies project, which is due in Unit 5. During the next three units, you will create a presentation and write a paper based on your evaluation of the gendered communication portrayed in a popular film. Before beginning this assignment, read the Leadership, Gender, and Communication in Movies course project description and examine the three project assignments:

• Unit 3 – Outline and Summary.
• Unit 4 – Presentation on Communication in Movies (PowerPoint presentation).
• Unit 5 – Leadership, Gender, and Communication in Movies (project paper).

Complete the following for this assignment:

• Choose and view one of the following films:
  • Tootsie.
  • Steel Magnolias.
  • Mrs. Doubtfire.
• Based on Chapters 1–4 of the Wood text, determine what key concepts of gendered communication could be related to the film you chose. Consider as many of them as possible, including the major theories, concepts, and vocabulary terms.
• Read “Outlining the Speech,” from S. E. Lucas’ The Art of Speaking, provided in the Resources.
• Using the Preparation Outline Checklist, and referring to the Lucas reading, create an outline for your Unit 5 project paper.
• Write a 1-page summary of the concepts you intend to address in your paper.