Spring 2027

Critical Internet Studies

Critical Internet Studies traces the Internet's history, reception, audience, industries, rhetorics, fictional and filmic narratives, and its role in transmitting culture.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jeremy Morris4.1/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Austin Morris

A past student noted a significant reading load, stating there was a ridiculous number of readings for tests.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define key terms/concepts related to the Internet and digital culture and use them in written work and everyday discussions

  • Explain how digital divides intersect with elements of identity, including race, gender, class, and ability, and how this structures different experiences of the Internet and its possibilities

  • Use methods from the course to enhance their Internet-based research skills

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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COMARTS 346 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Jeremy Morris

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.45/5 from 22 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.23 GPA, 63.4% A/AB (n=71 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.37 GPA, 74.0% A/AB (n=96 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.27 GPA, 64.2% A/AB (n=95 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AUSTIN MORRIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEREMY MORRIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1000
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 200
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 200
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 200
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 200
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Austin Morris

Historical students described the course material as acceptable but criticized the grading as extremely unclear and harsh.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.37 GPA, 74.0% A/AB (n=96 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.27 GPA, 64.2% A/AB (n=95 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.09 GPA, 47.4% A/AB (n=57 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Austin Morris

A past student noted a significant reading load, stating there was a ridiculous number of readings for tests.

Past student reviews · Austin Morris

A previous student found the instructor unwilling to help students succeed and mentioned he read straight from lecture slides.

Topics

  • Internet history, reception, audience, and industries
  • Internet rhetorics, fictional and filmic narratives
  • The Internet as a purveyor and transmitter of culture and values
  • Digital divides and intersections with race, gender, class, and ability

Skills

  • Defining key terms and concepts related to the Internet and digital culture for written work and discussion
  • Explaining how digital divides intersect with identity elements such as race, gender, class, and ability
  • Using course methods to enhance Internet-based research skills

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 6 recent 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 · 0.11 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 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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Selected offering source records
COMARTS 346 · Spring 2027

Critical Internet Studies

Recorded 2026-10-14
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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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