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Class Detail:
WN 2013 Communication Studies COMM 488 - Special Topics in Media Effects Section 001 Social Media and Politics
Credits:	3
Waitlist Capacity:	25
Consent:	With permission of instructor.
Advisory Prerequisites:	COMM 381 strongly recommended.
Repeatability:	May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit(s). May be elected more than once in the same term.
Primary Instructor:	Pasek,Joshua Michael
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Today social media has become an integral part of the political process. Candidates Tweet to constituents and political revolutions are organized on Facebook. But what kind of a change does social media represent? Or is it a change at all? Social media might just be the new town square. Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 1594203008	The filter bubble : what the Internet is hiding from you, Author: Pariser, Eli., Publisher: Penguin Press 2011
Required

ISBN: 1594201536	Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations, Author: Shirky, Clay., Publisher: Penguin Press 2008
Required