To sum up this course – WOW!

COM 497 sounds really challenging, while Cyber Porn and Society rings like a joke for a course title.  But the course ended up being both interesting and thought provoking.  Never have I blogged or taken an on-line class before…it worked…I learned about topics I had never considered, and was able to easily fit class work in to a busy schedule.

Reading blogs written by other students was interesting, and especially effective since I doubt everyone would have voiced their opinions on controversial topics so freely in a lecture hall (I just read a blog an older student wrote about his sex life!).  Mentioning the course to friends was always funny, girls would usually say what a pervert I was for enrolling, and guys said that they probably already do more cyber porn research than the professor.  Either way, I could always respond with info from that week’s lecture: such as, “do you know the legal difference between obscenity and indecency? – I do!”

Thanks for the course Halavais, I learned way more than expected.  Did you use Sir Mix-a-Lot as a lead-in?  I don’t remember, but I hope you gave another Seattle native some love.