The course is apparently designed to examine culture using YouTube as a kind of social microscope. The course tutor has lofty hopes for the course. She claims it will expose and explore issues about the site, such as the role of "corporate-sponsored democratic media expression." Whatever that means.
Still, when you consider some of the courses available at some other US colleges (eg. 'Philosophy and The Simpsons' or even 'Star Trek and Religion' - hey I kid you not) then maybe YouTube 101 doesn't sound that strange ? OK, actually it still does. Only in America right ?
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