Welcome to the semi-official website for Patrick McKercher's section of Writing 1 at UCSC! This page has been put together mostly by students as a resource for anyone interested in a "serious"study of popular culture in general and media criticism in particular. Here, you will find links, essays, and articles that can serve as invaluable resources for your papers.

Course Description , also group project how-to, and hints and handouts (and college survival skills).

The writing process: prewriting, drafting

The creative process

Community

Objects

Advertising

Text

TV

Movie

News

Music

Cyberculture. Here's also cyberspace history and censorship

Semiotics (not?) for Beginners

Recommended Books

Feminism

 send comments and questions to pmmckerc@ucsc.edu