Students are taking this class because they want to understand and learn how we interact with this new media, and how this interaction will eventually affect our lives[1]. They want to understand the dynamics of this relationship[2]. Do we control the media or does it control us? Ms. Christine Woods used a stronger word "manipulate" in place of control[3]. Students are also taking this class because of their love for both the technology and the artistic aspect of the technology. They see something beautiful in the new media because of their affinity for beautiful and colorful things[4].
Majority of the male students in this class love video games whether it is Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo, or whether it's played on a PC or a cell phone, and, I assume this is one of the main attractions to taking this class. Video gaming is a large part of the new media and I am not surprised that this class is taken by students who might be interested in understanding where we are headed with the current media[5].
There is also a common theme in the use of media. In particular, most students mentioned using social media for a lot of their interaction with other people. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have been mentioned a lot. The use of cell phones is also common among students for every facet of their communication, social interaction, and entertainment. Some of the most common apps that they use include WeChat, SnapChat, Skype, Whatsapp, and Reddit. For videos, the most common media is Youtube. For Radio, the most common media is Pandora and Spotify. For email communication, nearly everyone in the class use gmail, and maybe yahoo.
Even though the new media has pervaded most of our lives, it seems computers have not completely taken over our lives, as nearly everyone still uses the traditional television for watching television shows and movies. Although, NetFlix might be consider a new media, it is still coupled tightly with television for delivery. I noticed everyone's love for comedy and action movies. But there is one media that everyone uses on a regular basis from getting in touch with people to playing games - a cell phone.
References:
[1] Sara Fox, Cullen Brown, Jingyuan Zhang, Te-Yang Chen, Thomas Coladonato, Austin Dalton, Longhua You, Sung Jun Lim
[2] Joane Bruno
[3] Christine Woods,
[4] Xu Zeng, Elliott Fawcett, Matthew Koucmoud
[5] Matt Dillard, Cullen Brown, Thomas Coladonato, Austin Dalton, Eliott Fawcett, Odair Fernandes, Joshua Sheehy, John Nowotny, Justin Montalvo, Patrick Knauth
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