Professor
Shawn Vancour
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Most Helpful Review
Winter 2022 - I'm super grateful I had the opportunity to take this class with Shawn and TAs Ruth Livier Nunez and Megan Riley this past winter! This class was extremely informative and covered a variety of topics, such as internet histories, social media platforms, the internet of things, ownership issues, digital labor, surveillance capitalism, tactical media, misinformation, etc. Ruth and Megan also provided some lectures on labor in creating audiobooks and information access for incarcerated populations, respectively. While there was quite a bit of reading to do before each class (sometimes necessary to skim), there wasn't too much work besides the weekly discussion posts, two group projects, and three quizzes. Shawn also provided some extra credit opportunities. As a North Campus major, I believe this class was an amazing opportunity to meet fellow students from majors all over campus. The variety of perspectives in group work was particularly helpful when putting together a digital campaign to bring attention to a pressing social issue as part of the second project. This also made our class discussions (shoutout to the blue cube microphone) so interesting when the class started to be offered in person again halfway through the quarter. I really enjoyed going to office hours to talk further about nuances in the class beyond the provided texts and getting to learn more about what information studies has to offer. The only warning I have about this class is that the grading for the two projects seemed pretty strict. I know quite a few people (myself included) who ended up getting a B+ on both projects, so I would say to pay particular attention to these two assignments the most! They each count for 25% of the final grade. Overall, Internet and Society was an amazing course that had such a passionate and understanding set of teachers. This class provided so much vital information on technology and helped me realize my passion for discussing the implications of different Internet technologies and the solutions in response to their dangers. I also discovered some really intriguing articles I will return to in the near future throughout my academic career.
Winter 2022 - I'm super grateful I had the opportunity to take this class with Shawn and TAs Ruth Livier Nunez and Megan Riley this past winter! This class was extremely informative and covered a variety of topics, such as internet histories, social media platforms, the internet of things, ownership issues, digital labor, surveillance capitalism, tactical media, misinformation, etc. Ruth and Megan also provided some lectures on labor in creating audiobooks and information access for incarcerated populations, respectively. While there was quite a bit of reading to do before each class (sometimes necessary to skim), there wasn't too much work besides the weekly discussion posts, two group projects, and three quizzes. Shawn also provided some extra credit opportunities. As a North Campus major, I believe this class was an amazing opportunity to meet fellow students from majors all over campus. The variety of perspectives in group work was particularly helpful when putting together a digital campaign to bring attention to a pressing social issue as part of the second project. This also made our class discussions (shoutout to the blue cube microphone) so interesting when the class started to be offered in person again halfway through the quarter. I really enjoyed going to office hours to talk further about nuances in the class beyond the provided texts and getting to learn more about what information studies has to offer. The only warning I have about this class is that the grading for the two projects seemed pretty strict. I know quite a few people (myself included) who ended up getting a B+ on both projects, so I would say to pay particular attention to these two assignments the most! They each count for 25% of the final grade. Overall, Internet and Society was an amazing course that had such a passionate and understanding set of teachers. This class provided so much vital information on technology and helped me realize my passion for discussing the implications of different Internet technologies and the solutions in response to their dangers. I also discovered some really intriguing articles I will return to in the near future throughout my academic career.
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