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COMM 2256

Influencer Culture · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

20thMore challenging than 20% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”4 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course may be used to satisfy one of four required electives within the Communication major. The expansion of social media platforms and algorithmic digital content has seen the emergence of the influencer, an individual who builds a following and markets various products and services through branding their own lifestyle. This course will examine the historical predecessors to contemporary influencers, such as celebrity culture, reality TV, tabloids, TV talk shows, lifestyle magazines, and blogging. Students will also analyze contemporary cases in relation to theories around influence, celebrity, authenticity, authority, and therapeutic culture. The influencer industry will be used as the lens to explore various themes in contemporary digital culture, such as the political economy of social media, marketing, algorithms, gender, racial identity, class, spirituality, wellness, mental health, misinformation, political activism, aesthetic styles, and exploitation of labor.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Kristin PetersonAssociate Professor · Communication	864 records	25th	20th	1003 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Kristin Peterson is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 2256, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Kristin Peterson

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 2125Introduction to Feminisms	416 records	81
COMM 2278Social Media	410 records	79
COMM 4475Introduction to Honors	510 records	90
COMM 2250Media Ethics in the Digital Age	25 records	74
COMM 3335Communication Methods: Honors	55 records	82
COMM 4962Senior Research Seminar	45 records	87

Other COMM classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 1030Public Speaking	1166 records	83
COMM 1065Fundamentals of Creative Communication	746 records	79
COMM 1010The Rhetorical Tradition	320 records	83
COMM 1020Introduction to Media Studies	220 records	83
COMM 2213Fundamentals of Audio I	120 records	85
COMM 1060Anti-Social Media	217 records	95

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9343rd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9452nd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9240th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9234th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9467th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9250th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8929th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8936th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9254th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8830th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8520th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8937th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Kristin Peterson	Fall 2025	01	92	89	40
Kristin Peterson	Spring 2025	01	79	82	40
Kristin Peterson	Fall 2024	01	84	84	40
Kristin Peterson	Spring 2024	01	90	83	40

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.