COMM 300 - Group & Public Communication Theories

Course Instructor: Ron Wright
New Technologies Consultant: Mary Flores

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* Group Decision Making

 Groupthink Theory - Irving Janis

Web Links

Groupthink: A course website at Iowa State University

Applying the Theory

Foxfire Pic

Foxfire: Chestnut Hill Productions (1996)

See groupthink in action in "Foxfire," a story of four high school students (a brain, an innocent, a slut and a druggie tomboy) who are galvanized by a mysterious drifter (Angelina Jolie) who convinces them to beat up their lecherous science teacher

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~comm300/mary/group/groupthink.html