Initially when I signed up for this class, I was unsure what expect, other than what the course catalogue said. It turned out to be a lot more than what I expected (in a good way) and the most interesting part for me was applying all of what I experienced in this class to other classes I am taking. I enjoyed the group discussions and how it is truly the study of the media in our world today, not necessarily like other journalism classes that teach you how to produce news stories. It is just as important to know about the media you are going to enter once you graduate as it is to be able to write a news story.
If there were aspects about the class I would change, it would be to shorten the amount of group discussions and have more of the material presented by the professor. I always questioned whether or not I was getting accurate information about the presentations, because it wasn’t the professor presenting the material. Don’t get me wrong, I think that group presentations from your peers is very beneficial, but maybe not as lengthily.
I think that the journal assignment was very interesting, and that when taken seriously could teach you a lot about another country. It was also interesting to see how the media functions in another country and compare it to our media.
Overall I think that this class was good, and I have definitely recommended it to people. One aspect I like about the class is that the curriculum changes along with what’s going on in the world, and that there is always something to be discussed. I think that maybe this class should not have a text book and just have articles off of e-reserves and have parts of the book from there. It seems to be somewhat counter productive to have to many articles outside the book, and not have many chapters in the book assigned.
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Great journal/blog. I loved the way you organized and presented it. My only criticism is that, although most of the news articles were well chosen, some of them were not necessarily well connected to the topics discussed in class. However, you made up for that nicely by including entries on specific topics, such as globalization and cultural imperialism. Very good. Grade: A (180).
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