Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Expectations & Uncertainties

When choosing to enroll in this English course, I wasn't quite sure what to expect, not knowing the specific topic. After finding out the topic was "Digital Media" I became quite excited because I think it's an interesting topic to spend a semester discussing. Digital media has created a strong influence over most of the world today. It's a topic that may not necessarily be looked at in-depth until it is called to one's attention.

I'm expecting to critically analyze different types of media and the influence they have over certain audiences. Some people (age groups) are affected more than others so it will be interesting to see how the population overall is influenced. I'm also expecting this class to subconsciously alter my feelings towards digital media and see how it affects my own personal use of technology.

I don't have many uncertainties about this class. I'm mostly just interested in how media has an overall influence over the world and the way we interact with one another compared and contrasted to previous generations and how it may increase to affect future generations.