Imagined Communities

Students will explore the concepts of “nation” building on different social media platforms. Where “nation” here is represented by the imagined community of the university, in what ways does each platform promote the idea of belonging and comradeship? Does the accessibility of print culture now in an ever evolving stream online, broaden our notion of Deep Horizontal Comradeship or does the vastness of that space cause a strengthening of our ideas of community? Develop a hypothesis and test it on the platform of your choice. Turn in screenshots of comments or interactions (or lack of comments and interaction) and explain how they prove or disprove your hypothesis.