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COMM 4471

Children and the Media · 1 instructor on record · 14 sections

What the course score is made of

95BC evaluations14 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—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

56thMore challenging than 56% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”14 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

26thMore work than 26% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

43BC — “Workload”14 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.

Satisfies one of two writing intensive courses required within the Communication major. Restricted to Juniors and Seniors. From film to television to mobile apps, this course examines children's media as an economic, cultural, and political entity and explores the relationships among young people and the contemporary media environment. Students will analyze various scholarly approaches and major debates in the study of children and media while also learning the larger historical contexts of those debates. This course offers a critical/cultural approach that examines the ways in which media industries, institutions, technologies and texts intersect to produce particular media practices and considers how such practices relate to the production of cultural norms or social power.

The only instructor on record

14 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Lindsay HoganCommunication	9614 records	26th	56th	8612 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Lindsay Hogan is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 4471, 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 Lindsay Hogan

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 1020Introduction to Media Studies	220 records	83
COMM 1050Translating Theory to Practice	25 records	88
COMM 2261Critical Studies of Stardom and Celebrity	13 records	98

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 14 records

The Professor4 items

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

9880th pctl

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

9666th pctl

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

9883rd pctl

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

9882nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9574th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9575th pctl

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

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9361st pctl

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

8013th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9250th 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.

4326th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9156th pctl

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

9674th 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

14 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Lindsay Hogan	Spring 2026	01	98	98	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2025	01	96	91	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2025	02	96	92	40
Lindsay Hogan	Spring 2025	01	96	91	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2024	01	98	98	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2024	02	94	96	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2023	01	97	92	—
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2023	02	99	100	40
Lindsay Hogan	Spring 2023	01	95	97	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2022	01	94	91	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2022	02	95	95	60
Lindsay Hogan	Spring 2022	01	98	100	60
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2021	01	100	96	40
Lindsay Hogan	Fall 2021	02	93	89	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.