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Contemporary Influence and Social Capital

ITG analyzes how individuals attain and maintain cultural relevance — trend cycles, peer validation systems, and the mechanisms that elevate certain figures to high-visibility status.

ITG seminar studying contemporary high-visibility figures.

Department Overview

ITG begins with a lecture on diffusion and trend movement, narrows into a research lab on networked popularity, and closes with the senior seminar on the It-Girl as a recurring cultural figure across decades.

Courses

ITG.150 Trends and Cultural Adoption

Prereq: None

U (Fall)

3-0-9 units

How a trend moves through a population — early signal, tipping point, mainstream, and back-burner.

Staff
ITG.300 Networked Popularity Systems

Prereq: ITG.150

U (Spring)

2-4-6 units

Reciprocity, peer validation, and the small loops of attention that decide visibility.

Staff
ITG.420 It-Girl Seminar

Prereq: ITG.300 or permission

U (Fall)

3-0-9 units

Senior seminar on the It-Girl as a recurring cultural figure across decades.

Margaux Castellan