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PS – Because the Super Bowl is significant enough to cause the test to be postponed, I expect you all to consider the media-related aspects of your viewing and social behavior on Sunday. When you wake up and pull that Colts jersey over your head, you should be thinking of this class. While you’re watching the game and consuming all of the age-appropriate food and beverage, you should be thinking of this class. After the game, as you celebrate/commiserate, tally your gambling wins or losses, vote online for your favorite commercial, and ultimately fall asleep, you should be thinking of this class. If it helps you remember, write T205 on your hand, so every time you pump your arm in celebration or shake your fist in anger, every time you reach for a chip or a drink, every time you grab your cell phone to send a taunting text, you will be reminded of this class. Really, since I postponed the test…and not one of you brought in chocolate for my birthday…this is the least you can do…
dr. andrew weaver : media & societyPosted on February 5, 2010
"an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections"
and lots of bad music.
I'm interested in the interactions of mediated culture and psychological constructions of the self, obsessed with mental disorders and psychology while being painfully aware of my own inadequacies. I am a prototypical non-conformist with a vaguely leftist doctrine of beliefs. I'm guiltily self-absorbed and I quietly compete with others for brief moments of self-aggrandizing brilliance. I'm a slave to the capitalist dogma I spend every moment of my waking life bitching about. Also, I'm an up-talker?
Currently, I'm a graduate student in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University. My research interests encompass many areas of media studies and psychology:
- the role of the internet on everyday life
- the way increasingly mediated lifestyles change social relations
- psychosocial uses and effects of media on identity construction among adolescents and young adults
I graduated with honors from the University at Buffalo in 2006, receiving a BS in Psychology and a BA in Film Studies. I used to work as Project Director for a youth media program and as Senior Research Analyst for a couples study.
In my spare time, I can be found making all sorts of crafts and listening to music.
IUB TComm
