The readings are confusing and he's not great at explaining them in class. Attendance isn't mandatory and lecture slides are posted online. Although if you don't go to class the lecture notes are really confusing. The tests are also impossible. I barely passed this class and I put a decent amount of effort in. 0/10 would not recommend.

Rice is a really nice guy, and maybe this topic is just a dense one, but his social networking class was evil. He bases the entire curriculum on the dense readings and tests you on gritty details. All he does in class is go over the readings, making attendance and huge drag and seems unnecessary. I really like the guy as a person tho.

He is my favorite professor at UCSB. Extremely helpful, easy to follow, and clear on his expectations. Take his classes whenever you get a chance!

Rice is awesome. He truly cares about the students and the subject he teaches. This class was very interesting and you learn a lot! Highly recommended. Two papers, midterm, and final.

Seminar was on media ownership, really interesting and was a only two actual days in class. He's a really intelligent and amiable professor. I'm looking forward to taking more of his classes in UpperDiv.

really nice guy, knows a lot and has accomplished a lot but doenst have an ego, very helpful and clear, class is fun and interesting, recomend highly

Very nice teacher, kind, caring, does not have an ego eventhough he has accoplished a lot. I definitely reccomend taking any class he teaches. Very intersting and easy to learn.