Instructor Reflection

We’re closing down to the finish line and considering the through lines and implications of this course, which has considered the rise of…

This course has been exploring the connections between the rise of digital platforms, disinformation, persuasion and propaganda…

We’re learning about facial recognition and voice profiling this week, and we’re thinking about how “natural” it has become to accept the…

The most chilling reading in this week’s collection comes from the New York Times, which reports on the rise of the disinformation…

Reframing the Roots of Media Studies

We got a deep dive on the interplay between business, government, and the public as we read and discussed Freedom on the Net 2021, a report…

This week, we tackled the problem of so-called “fake news” by thinking about some of the many different ways that people create new…

#COM520 graduate students use Signal to chat about the 40-year legacy of Joshua Meyrowitz and Irving Goffman

When I asked my students to work with a partner to create a single slide to describe algorithmic personalization, they tackled this…

This course examines persuasive genres in the context of algorithmic culture. Algorithms now shape our access to entertainment…

#COM520 Media Studies at the University of Rhode Island