Welcome to our last week before the exam. I 
hope you are up to speed with everything.

If not, take the time to go over the lectures you 
missed

and read the text files we made available on our 
platform.

This is week 6 of our course.

As you know we already covered everything we 
set out to do in the previous weeks,

discussing in a rapid pace some basic models 
and concepts, the history of our field,

the linear, construction/signification and cultural 
approaches to communication.

This week is an unscripted week that I want to 
use to go over some student questions.

I received approximately 200 questions to cover 
this or that item.

Some questions were posted on our forum, 
some came through Facebook or Twitter.

Even some per email, even though I temporarily 
hid my email address in the university database,

you were quite adept in finding me.

No worries, all suggestions were welcome, and I 
wish I could cover them all,

but as every week, we only have eight short 
lectures,

so I’ve made a selection based on how many 
times a topic was requested

and how well it fitted with our course goals.

One other important thing.

I will add questions to the exam about the topics 
that I cover this week.

So in that aspect, this week is no different than 
others.

We only had a few days to prepare so we have 
kept things basic this week.

You will be seeing me some more than usual 
and we have kept the visuals simple,

but hopefully as effective and entertaining as 
before. I hope you enjoy.

Oh, and let us know what you think of this 
week’s more lean approach.

We are learning just like you!