What I like most about my new found media literacy
1. My favorite thing about my new found media literacy is that I have a greater desire to be informed by the media. I used to never watch news of any kinda. Now I find myself checking different news based websites and sometimes watching it on tv. I definitely dont read everything, but it is nice to know a little more about what is going on in the world, and to understand why it’s important. I also enjoy reading news from different websites because it is interesting to see the different biases.
2. I never realized how interconnected the world has become. I took my facebook account for granted. I never noticed how every tv show has several blogs and how people even respond to news stories. I think its really cool how anyone can share their opinion with everyone. I used to have no idea though that companies were using these to advertise specifically to the individual and more importantly that some sites own your ideas when you put them up. It has really made me realize how careful I need to be when posting anything.
3. Finally I really enjoyed learning how to use flash. I have been using illustrator and photoshop as a fashion major for the last three years, so it was nice to get to explore a new program. It was very annoying at times, like all adobe products can be, but overall I like what I was able to do fairly simply. I never thought that I would ever be able to animate anything, so I enjoyed the project.
