Professor Stohl is a terrible lecturer he rambles about one topic for so long and ends up confusing everyone. His lectures are hard to follow and so boring. Class attendance was 10% because most students did not go. Your grade consisted of 2 papers with the final paper being about 25 pages.

Grades relatively hard on papers, nothing too crazy, but there's a lot of papers throughout the quarter. Fortunately these are "take home" though. Lectures tend to feel like droning on and on and it's easy to space out, fortunately, he doesn't test on minute details, but it's hard to get the motivation to go to lecture sometimes.

Boring lecturer. Not engaginf whatsoever. He would put just a bunch of text up on the screen and read it word for word from the slides. Lectures felt like the lasted centuries. He was not personable or approachable. No multiple choice exams- only papers. Personally- I don't mind this structure, but if you dont like to write... SKIP this class fs.

If you don't enjoy writing about politics don't take this class. Grade based on 3 short papers + 16 page final. Grading criteria, while not clear is easy enough and the papers require very minimal reading if you're somewhat familiar with politics and media. Lectures are entertaining if you enjoy dry humor, but theres no need to attend class.

I would not recommend this class, even to fulfill a writing requirement. Your entire grade is based on 4 papers, all of which are based on a TON of dry readings. Lectures are also extremely boring and feel out of date.

Be mindful that this prof is extremely biased in his lectures. He also didn't want to help us unless there was a lot of participation in class; even when participation increased, he still didn't upload the lectures online. Not looking forward to our 16-page paper. There are 3 exams that are mildly difficult, so do the readings and go to lectures.

I haven't even finished the quarter yet and this class is insane. I have gotten A's on both of the exams, but the class is so DRY. I cannot sit and watch his lectures for more than 30 min at a time. Don't even get me started on the papers. The 16 page term paper and the final are due a week apart. Only take this class if you enjoy politics.

I've been waiting to write a review since the first day of this class. DO NOT TAKE! I signed up because I thought once a week watching movies would be fun... nope. Not until you have to write a 700-word essay every single week on journalism that he doesn't prepare you for. Lastly, RIP our TA the final is a 4,000 word (16 pages) essay + 2 take home

This guy is basically a walking encyclopedia, it's dope. Get prepared for some awesome dry humor and critical thinking. If you are looking for an easy A I wouldn't say this is the class to take, but if you have the time to prepare for his in-class essay (no notes) and final 16-page paper I highly suggest taking it. My favorite UCSB comm professor

I hate discussing politics, but I thoroughly enjoyed his course. Lectures are very interesting and easy to stay engaged while sitting in class. He has a lot of readings but most of them are relatively interesting. Stohl is a great professor

Final essay and exam are in the same week (practically). Very difficult to know how your writing can improve when you don't receive feedback in time. Additionally, a detailed rubric labeling point system for essay should be given to students. Clear feedback and a more detailed grading criteria is needed for me to take another class of his.

This class was an interesting class and Professor Stohl has a lot knowlege when it comes to global communication/ politics, but I have never written so much in so little time. Huge paper (15 pages) due week before the final, then a take home final consisting of two 4 page papers. It was just too much so don't take if your not an essay person.