The Internet Porn and Society class at UB has shown me many new points to the porn industry that I would never have picked up from just being a porn consumer. For example the fact that all new forms of technology have been used for porn through the history of the world. Like the printing press was used for porn, the camera was made into a porn device, and everything else has also been used for it. I have also learned that porn is a big deal within the courts of the US, and that it is a never-ending topic for them. The minute that they settle one case, there is another one knocking at their door. The most surprising thing though was that porn stars don't make as much money as I originally thought, and I don't see why they would really like to do it, there are so many porn stars these days that the chances of becoming big are one in a million. For the next online class on this topic, I think that there should be some changes. There are a few things that I think could be changed within this class though. For one I think that there should be a few more assignments within the semester, so that the grading isn’t based almost entirely on the blogging. I mean my first grading period was not so good, but it was because I really didn't know what I was doing within the blogs. I read the syllabus, but at first I was still quite confused on how to do it, and what was considered a good blog. The next thing that I think you could change for this class is that instead of just one final exam, I think that you should have 3 different exams, one for each grading period. This will help to filter out the people who are not serious about the class and may make it easier on the instructor.
