Midterm Reflection

1. After studying media for eight weeks in this class, what have you learned? Please be specific.

Since the beginning of this class I have learned just how expansive media is, and how it affects us. There are so many mediums that it has become almost overwhelming trying to to pay attention to one at a time. I have realized all the different types of media around me and how each affects me in a different way, like how Twitter and TV are two completely different entities, but you can find the same kind of information from each.

2. What is the most important thing you have learned about yourself as a 1. A critical reader; 2. a writer, and 3. a critical thinker in this class so far?

1. I need to spend extra time in order to fully learn and understand the messages the texts are trying to reveal.
2. I am able to to explain my own personal ideals of media and the world around me.
3. I try and look past the initial message to find a deeper one hiding beneath it.

3. What's one thing YOU would do differently this first half of the semester if you were to take this class again?

I would probably have been more involved with online media (i.e. Twitter) and learned just how valuable they are as tools.

4. What's one thing you would like ME to do differently this first half of the semester if you were to take this class again?

Maybe a little less blog posts of readings or class work. they are helpful for remember what you were talking about, but can be a bit overwhelming to keep track of.

5. Please comment on the usefulness of the course blog, your personal blog, our films, and our books as learning tools.

I think they are all great ways to communicate exactly what we are learning in class, and allow us to go back and remember everything we have learned so we can go back and reflect on it.