More reading than other classes (well you just need to do it because you get quizzed every week) but Siva is awesome and this topic is VERY interesting and VERY VERY relevant. Deff. recommend with Siva- he keeps it interesting and legit. #tcf2016

I don't recommend taking this class unless you are majoring in media studies. Otherwise, it is a waste of time and work. The topics in class were interesting, but there was an overwhelming amount of reading, in addition to weekly quizzes and a digital portfolio. Francesca Tripodi is the best Media Studies TA and prepares you well for exams by going over the main points. The in-class lectures were sometimes hard to get through because they mainly consisted of Siva going off on a tangent and playing YouTube clips for us.

While Prof. Siva was an enthusiastic lecturer, he pretty much just repeated all of the material from the books. No need to go to lecture though his Skype interviews with media scholars are pretty interesting. You will drop a lot of dough on textbooks and won't be able to get rid of them to easily. Get Ahrum as a TA he is the best and is open to new ideas. Highly recommend this class

You'll never finish all the reading, but it's a really interesting class. Take home midterms that are graded fairly. Also, get Francesca as your TA because she is amazing and really prepares you for the exams.

he's a great TA. sort of a hard grader but he makes it so you don't have to do the readings. discussions- you literally sit their and type everything he says about the readings. if you read over that, then that's basically all you need to know about the weekly readings

Francesca was a great TA- very helpful, laid back, and straightforward. Siva is an awesome professor. He keeps you interested throughout lecture and provides interesting material as homework assignments. Exams and papers are not to be taken lightly. A lot of reading for each week (can sometimes be a book a week) but again, it's interesting and manageable.

Siva is an overall boring lecturer. His lectures barely have anything to do with... well, anything. Eric Reed is a great TA though. Tests are really easy as long as you do all the readings (which are A LOT). Just keep up with the readings and occasionally go to lecture, and you'll be fine.

Siva is a fantastic lecturer. Class was very interesting. All test are take home. The reading load is pretty heavy, but you can definitely do it at your own pace. Reed is a really nice guy, helpful, and fair.

Only Media Studies class I've taken and found it to be fairly enjoyable. Also one of the easiest classes I've taken at UVa. It's not a very useful course, but as an elective it can't hurt. I got stuck with an unfortunately timed discussion section and the section itself could be rather mind-numbing, would definitely have preferred to just have the lecture.

Brings in lots of semi-famous guest speakers.