How PopComm reflects and shapes a people in their moment

Skills

1. learned key concepts and theories
   • popular (cyclic and contested), culture (way of life), ideology (values that shape social life/governance)
2. understood how the popular shapes and is shaped by its people
   • in the 21st century, people look to high-tech for self-help
3. conducted analysis
   • guru analysis
4. demonstrated proficiency in communicating your analyses.
   • reading responses, popular writing, academic analysis

• geeky
• meaningful
• engaged and active

Meaningful

I hope the

• scholarly readings were informative
• the “popular” reading were intriguing
• thank you for reading and discussing Hacking Life

Engaged and active

reading responses; guru analyses; higher-order questions

I appreciate your feedback and specific recommendations

reading X was useful because …;
reading Y was not because of …

So please do give feedback and don’t succumb to “checkbox fatigue”

If there’s any truth in that quote by self-help guru Jim Rohn

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Thank you

• for sharing this semester with me;
• for your patience, curiosity, and willingness to share and learn.

I hope you will stay in touch!