Spring 2027

Media and Human Behavior

Media and Human Behavior examines how individuals use, create, and respond to media as boundaries between mass and interpersonal media blur.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Zhongdang Pan

Grades relied on three two-page papers, a 6-8 page individual paper, an 8-page group paper, and two 40-question multiple-choice tests.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe a range of theories of media uses and effects

  • Explain the social scientific logic that you may employ to address questions about media and human behavior

  • Read and critically evaluate social scientific studies on media uses and effects

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ZHONGDANG PAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Zhongdang Pan

The course featured a professor who used an app for remote participation and required a mix of individual and group writing assignments.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.15 GPA, 43.8% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.43 GPA, 63.5% A/AB (n=63 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.58 GPA, 70.8% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Zhongdang Pan

Grades relied on three two-page papers, a 6-8 page individual paper, an 8-page group paper, and two 40-question multiple-choice tests.

Past student reviews · Zhongdang Pan

A student noted that while class attendance was optional, participation was graded and could be completed from home using the TopHat app.

Topics

  • Media uses and effects regarding social connection, learning, judgments, perceptions, stereotypes, violence, consumption, and political participation
  • Blurred boundaries between mass and interpersonal media
  • Theories of media uses and effects

Skills

  • Describe theories of media uses and effects
  • Explain social scientific logic for media and human behavior questions
  • Critically evaluate social scientific studies on media

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.16 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1286 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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