Format & details

• Wednesday, April 16, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
• Same format as midterm, but slightly longer
• A single page (front and back) reference sheet is allowed
  (No other format or content restrictions)

Multiple choice

• 20 multiple-choice questions
• Four options per question
• Order randomized

Short answer

• Respond to 4 of 5 short answer sections
• Each section has 2–3 individual prompts
• Extra pages at the end but you should be able to answer the questions without using them

Curation

• For many, online persona is carefully curated
• Safety in ability to “edit out” events
• Performance of self can be more intentional and reflexive

Pseudonymity

• Online context removes need (and often the expectation) to tie actions to offline self
• “Disposable” identities
• Distinct from anonymity

Multiple personas

• Different accounts for different roles (overt)
  
• Sockpuppets (covert)
  e.g. Fake movie critic “David Manning”
  (actually a Sony Pictures marketing executive)

"Pop" sociology

• Makes explicit use of social theory, but is not written for an academic audience

Sociological thinking

• Our lived experiences and perspectives make us all experts on 'the social'
• Sociology provides interpretive lenses to make sense of and generalize those experiences (“The view from the 14th floor”)
• Discourse about the world around us can be contextualized in terms of power, structure, norms, identity, etc.

• I hope this class helps develop your "sociological eye" that you can turn toward the things that are important to you!