For those of us in the Academy, mid-January is bittersweet. As Winter Break turns into Spring Semester, we  shrug off the Gross that comes along with 12 hour Netflix marathons, rush to meet conference/journal deadlines, and prepare for a new set of students. For me, this means finally starting my Cultural Studies of New Media course–what I not so humbly announced as the Best. Class. Ever!!

Some regular readers may remember that upon this announcement, I asked for content suggestions. Those suggestions were wonderful and I spent many hours sorting through the comments on that post, as well as threads that proliferated on Twitter. Seriously, you guys are the best. Below I’ve copied a link to the final version of the syllabus.

Feel free to use/share/borrow/critique any and all of it. There is TONS of stuff that I would have loved to include, but had to make decisions based on variety and level. The good news is that there’s a lot on deck for me to suggest to students as they work on end of semester projects, and a reserve of readings ready to be put in next time I teach the course. Ya know, to keep things spicy for me.  Thanks for all of the help. Here we go (project descriptions are at the bottom):  Cultural Studies of New Media Syllabus

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