Hurrah Hurrah - welcome to the end of the first semester, and coincidentally the conclusion of New Communication Technology for myself, and for the rest of the unit (hopefully we all pass!!)
The unit was enjoyable. I have learnt many things relating to the internet through assessments, blogging and the lectures From this unit I have been welcomed into the world of the blog, photoshop (however, I am now definately aware that I am no genius at it - nor will I be!) and the world wide web (which I'll have you know is NOT the same as the Internet). I was quite interested in media theories relating to the influence of the media on society and the public's opinion. This course also interestingly related to all my other units - i.e. writing for the web in Effective Writing, the influence of the media in Introduction to politics and media theories relating to presented violence in Crime & Justice - and I honestly think that wouldn't have all come together in week 1.
I was a bit wary of this course in the beginning, and blatantly thought that I was aware of how to plug into the internet and that was all I needed, but Steven, Adam and Chris have all opened my eyes to alot more. And I even (and probably am one of few) that found the PR girls coming in for a chat very helpful - as PR is one of my majors (so two thumbs up for that Steven). The French new wave, and other totally confusing films did not really make any clear connections for me, and I have to say the voice over in the first two films was a little too hard to bare.
I commend Chris also for being a fantastic tutor - knowledgeable and helpful and a cheerful tutor to have once a week - particularly as a first year (I also agree with his idea of using the blog as a summary of each weeks work - would improve exam revision amazingly!)
The Exam was easy to prepare for and pretty good to complete, I thought.
Thanks to the teaching team - keep up the good work, gentlemen.
Over & Out
Monday, June 4, 2007
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