i hope you see the irony in saying that not reading 1984 is e a crime

edit: heres the coures description for a class im gonna be taking for fun next semester. My first class in 10 semesters that I get to take because I want to, seemed appropriate to post here.

This interdisciplinary course applies sociological methods to understand the dramatic social consequences of the economic reforms underway in China since 1978, while examining the practical problems of how the Chinese and American media represent these developments to audiences at home and abroad. Sociological topics include change in Communist Party/state-society relations; decollectivization of the rural economy; ownership reform in the urban economy; and realization of the urban residence control system. Journalistic problems include how do attitudes toward information, censorship, and secrecy affect professional news gathering; and influences on news agendas.