FIU Speech and Communication Paper

Choose a phenomenon, an experiment, or an issue from this week’s materials (online lectures or 

additional readings) that interests you and engages your curiosity. 

a) Describe and explain the phenomenon. Describe it thoroughly enough so that another person

who has not read the course materials could understand it. b) Explain why is it interesting to 

you. c) Describe some important research on this phenomenon (referencing the authors and year 

of the study) and the logic underlying it. d) relate this phenomenon to something else you have 

read in the course and elaborate, OR d) explain a burning issue or follow up question that 

interests you and describe how you would design a study to further investigate this phenomenon.

Make sure to complete and clearly label each section (a,b,c,d) of your answer using the following 

labels in the template below: a) Describe b) Why Interesting? c) Research d) Relate/Follow up. 

Then make sure to use Turnitin to determine your similarity/overlap score with other material 

and ensure that you are using your own words. Note your score. If it is greater than 20% you 

will need to revise and resubmit your journal to receive credit, so submit in plenty of time before 

the due date to allow for revisions if needed. Note: do not write out the entire question along 

with your response as it will produce a high overlap score in Turnitin.

Journal Submission Template DEP 3115

Student Name: Semester: 

a) Describe:

b) Why Interesting?

c) Research:

d) Relate / Follow up:         Single space please.