Media class has been a blast

Throughout this entire trimester in my Introduction to New Media class here at North Central College, I can say that I definitely learned a lot of valuable and information that I will take with me everywhere I go. 

This class has been very beneficial for me because it helped me understand a lot of new types of material. For instance, before this class I never blogged about anything or set up my own website. 

When first hearing that we would have to do so many required blogs for this class I was thinking that it would take a lot of my time up and not be interesting. However, after getting the hang of it and writing a few blogs here and there I came to realize that they weren't so bad and that I actually kind of enjoyed the writing. I was able to write about whatever I wanted to and make it fun on a specific blogging website.


Then, when it came to managing and putting together my own website while using a template I was a little skeptic because I've never done something like that before. It took me awhile to finally get my page how I wanted it to look, but in the end it was definitely worth it. I really enjoyed making  everything flow nice and come together as a whole.

I also was able to become more aware of certain issues and topics discussed in this class that I previously knew, but just not in great detail. For example, I heard about and knew some facts about online privacy and online addiction, but not in depth things learned in class. 

I've learned so much new material during this course that I probably wouldn't have been able to learn anywhere else. Taking part in and being involved with this particular class has let me expand my knowledge more about media. 

Technology Conquering All

Ever since life began people have been trying to interact and communicate with each another. Communication is a very important thing and essential for everyday life. Without it we wouldn't have gotten anywhere near where we are today. Communication and interaction with one another are two important terms that help define who we are and how we get ahead in life.

Recently, technology has been taking us away from face-to-face communication and replacing it with ways in which we don't physically see or talk to someone. 

A major example of this would be seeing the increase of people using different social media sites as their main way of communicating with others. Several individuals use Facebook or Twitter as their form of communication and to be able to reach out to others instead of talking in person. 

Also, many people use their television or mobile devices as a way to escape the confrontation of others because they believe it's faster and easier. People nowadays don't care about the satisfaction of an in person conversation because they rather same time by conversing or discussing over the Internet.


So many people use their computers to connect to the Internet and use that as their main form of communication with each other. Basically anything is offered online nowadays and seen as a better or improved way to reach out to others. 

Communication is being altered and changed by technology so much that people are adapting to it and making it appear as if it's going to last forever. I don't see communication with technology going away anytime soon.