JOUR282

Beyond Facebook: How Social Media are Transforming Society, Culture, Business and Politics

Credit only granted for: JOUR289F or JOUR282. Formerly: JOUR289F. Examining the rise of social media and their impact on culture, business, government, politics, journalism and society, this course provides students with a broad contextual understanding of the multidisciplinary impacts of social media such as Twitter, Facebook and similar Internet-based services.

Spring 2026

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Winter 2026

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Fall 2025

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Average rating: 5.00

Summer 2025

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Spring 2025

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Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.59 between 597 students*

JOUR282 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 17.42%
A: 36.35%
A+: 23.45%
B-: 3.02%
B: 5.19%
B+: 6.53%
C-: 1.34%
C: 0.67%
C+: 1.34%
D-: 0.17%
D: 0.34%
D+: 0.17%
F: 0.67%
W: 2.68%
other: 0.67%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.