This class has brought to light many elements of our new technology-oriented media world that I had taken for granted or was used to seeing but never fully grasping. The explorations of blogs, social networking dynamics and the way new media worked kept my involvement in those activities interesting. I particularly liked reading about current events in technology as necessary for responding, as I already read articles online about technology trends, media, games and gadget developments. It was a natural fit of sorts for me to read about the next Facebook privacy concern or talk about the iPhone or what have you, so it was easy to write up responses to those articles without having it feel like an assignment. I did vote on the class poll for “work weeks” to begin on Monday morning and end on Sunday nights, simply so that the coursework fell in line for when weekend assignments for other classes were due. Besides, I am always working on homework on Sunday nights (typical college procrastination).
This class could see improvement if there were general discussion topics available on something like a forum, rather than just simply blog posts. The wiki entries were a nice change from the norm, but there are more “new media” mediums available online that this course could take advantage of. However, I am also glad that the video blogs were few and far between since that sort of static video interaction was not something I considered a strong suit. Overall, this communications course has helped me to better understand how the Internet has changed the way society communicates, and I would not mind taking a class similar to this one again in the future.
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