Category Archives: academia

New Course: Social Media and Participatory Culture — Spring 2018

by Bill Posted on October 31, 2017

I’m excited to be teaching a new COM Options Course in Spring 2018, “Social Media and Participatory Culture.” It meets T/TH 2:00 – 3:15. In Social Media and Participatory Culture, we will consider how people have used social media to … Continue reading →

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A Statement from the Dept of Communication and Digital Media on Recent Post-Election Events

by Bill Posted on December 2, 2016

A week after the 2016 Presidential Election, my department got together in an emergency meeting to discuss a possible response to the events on our campus and across the country. Here is our response. I am so proud to be … Continue reading →

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[UPDATE] CFP: Edited Collection on Bruce Springsteen for Routledge Studies in Popular Music Series

by Bill Posted on March 3, 2014

I am soliciting abstracts by scholars from all disciplines, including scholar-fans and fan-scholars, to be considered for inclusion in an edited collection on Bruce Springsteen, which will eventually be submitted to Routledge’s Studies in Popular Music series. The editor of … Continue reading →

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