Shoutouts to Discussion 1E for having one of the healthiest, inclusive learning environments I've ever had at UCLA. Everyone participated and no few people dominated the conversation.

Prof. MacFadyen is an excellent/funny lecturer who is aware of, and accommodates, student habits and culture. The information he presented in class was very interesting, though ultimately you didn't have to apply much from the lectures into the coursework. The midterm and final papers were open-ended and completely doable, and I actually enjoyed writing both of them as the topic choices given to you are quite interesting and thought-provoking. Overall, one of the most memorable classes I've had and certainly one I'd recommend with this professor.

Dr. MacFadyen is really nice and funny with cool British accent. He offered some creative ideas about social media and storytelling. But my TA was a harsh grader and he graded all my papers and presentation, which cost me an A. Would recommend the class to humanity majors but if you are not THAT interested in literature, think carefully before taking this class. Papers may require a lot of literature analysis.

The lectures in this class were only interesting because of David's humor. Honestly, I was always hesitant to make the trek to class because there was never any mind-blowing or interesting information presented. The connections between social media and storytelling are fairly intuitive and don't need a class for people to see them. Because the class/discussion are not very engaging, I didn't learn a lot.
However, the midterm/final paper are very open and flexible which makes the workload pretty easy.