COMM 157
Celebrity, Fame, and Social Media
Description: Lecture, three hours. Analysis of how following personal lives of media-created celebrities impacts self-esteem, connectedness, and personal relationships from cultural studies and social sciences perspectives, and how entities cultivate celebrity for financial gain. Topics include celebrity gossip and privacy, news sharing, public relations, and impact of social media on fan support, image construction, and damage control. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Most Helpful Review
Summer 2022 - I took this during A sesh in person, and it was such an amazing class. Professor Peterson is very engaging and loves to have students participate, and he is very knowledgeable about celebrity as a whole. There were two research papers that we had to do as well as a final. The papers could be on anything we wanted as long as it was related to either celebrity or social media, which made doing the papers a lot more enjoyable. He's not an intense grader and provides valuable feedback. He also provides us with many opportunities to learn more out in the real world by telling us when movie premieres are happening and inviting guest speakers (he had Lisa Rinna from the Real Housewives come in and speak to us!!). Overall, a great class that I definitely recommend.
Summer 2022 - I took this during A sesh in person, and it was such an amazing class. Professor Peterson is very engaging and loves to have students participate, and he is very knowledgeable about celebrity as a whole. There were two research papers that we had to do as well as a final. The papers could be on anything we wanted as long as it was related to either celebrity or social media, which made doing the papers a lot more enjoyable. He's not an intense grader and provides valuable feedback. He also provides us with many opportunities to learn more out in the real world by telling us when movie premieres are happening and inviting guest speakers (he had Lisa Rinna from the Real Housewives come in and speak to us!!). Overall, a great class that I definitely recommend.
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