The Media and Me, Part 2

We were asked for our last post to write about how we have changed as media consumers since the beginning of the semester.

First of all, I'm more cautious about where I get my news. I've known for some time that network news stations each have their own bias, depending on which huge corporation owns them. But it wasn't until I did an exercise for my Media and Diversity class that it really sunk in how skewed network news can really be. Now I'm more likely to turn to BBC when I want to see what's going on in the world.

I've also become a more savvy online media consumer. After learning about Bloglines, I started subscribing to blogs I found interesting. I'm now up to 25 feeds, ranging from Dilbert to Wired. Wired in particular has been a great source of topics for my blog, as well as just a great place to get tech news. And I can't leave out YouTube. The lonelygirl15 story, plus its takeover by Google, has convinced me that this new media outlet will become/has become important to our society.

Overall, I'd say that learning about the media this semester has allowed me to look more critically at the media I consume, and find new ways to get the kind of media I'm interested in.

And for those of you that are wondering, this won't be my last last post, just the final one for MCOM 72.