PSYC489Q

Advanced Special Topics in Psychology; Social Media and Social Computing

Social Media and social computing is the intersection of psychology and computer science. This course will survey social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, and SnapChat), the psychological issues and behaviors that manifest themselves on the media (e.g., anonymity, dissociation, social equalization, and cyber-bullying), and the analysis of social media data.

Sister Courses: PSYC489A, PSYC489B, PSYC489C, PSYC489D, PSYC489E, PSYC489F, PSYC489G, PSYC489H, PSYC489I, PSYC489J, PSYC489K, PSYC489L, PSYC489M, PSYC489N, PSYC489O, PSYC489P, PSYC489R, PSYC489T, PSYC489U, PSYC489V, PSYC489W, PSYC489X, PSYC489Y, PSYC489Z

Spring 2026

Terrill Taylor

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Spring 2025

Terrill Taylor

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Past Semesters

Kent Norman

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Include P/F semesters 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 3.70 between 57 students*

A-: 28.07%

A: 35.09%

A+: 15.79%

B-: 1.75%

B+: 17.54%

W: 1.75%

* "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.