ERIC Number: EJ1417361
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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Influencing Health through Communication Theory: Development of a Persuasive Campaign for a Nonprofit Community Health Center
L. Brooke Friley
Communication Teacher, v38 n2 p147-161 2024
This original teaching idea for a semester-long course encompasses a team-based project in which students worked together to create persuasive campaign materials for a local community health organization. The purpose of this project was for students to apply learned concepts related to theories and principles of persuasion to a real-world situation. As a team, students engaged in working sessions to develop persuasive messages related to a health issue and create campaign materials that could be used by the organization to reach target audiences. Students produced a comprehensive final report and presentation documenting the development process and showcasing their work. Overall, while there are opportunities to shrink, expand, and otherwise customize this type of project, it produced an exciting and engaging experience for students. They reported development of their small-group communication skills, greater confidence in their unique leadership capabilities, and a greater understanding of how to connect communication theory to professional experiences. Courses: Persuasion or related graduate or upper-level undergraduate courses focusing on message design, social influence, or public communication campaigns. Objectives: This semester-long, team-based project, designed for a seminar on persuasion, required a graduate class to partner with a local community health center to: identify a specific, relevant community health concern; develop theoretically grounded, evidence-based persuasive campaign materials suitable for the organization to use on social media platforms and/or in print format; and deliver a comprehensive project report and presentation of the materials to the community organization at the end of the semester.
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Information Dissemination, Health Promotion, Communication Skills, Leadership Qualities, Persuasive Discourse, Public Health, Graduate Students, School Community Programs, Community Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, Experiential Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Screening Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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