Blog 5: Midterm

Many aspects of my intro to mass communications class that stand out have been analyzing underlying elements to creating graphics for commercials and book, and learning to both experience media and produce it. I like learning about the basics of how to break down communications because it helps me to grasp key concepts for successful work. This class has helped me learn to analyze imagery and realize that there is more to a message than subjective interpretation. It also depends on the culture.

The most important part of the class was understanding the amount of work that goes into commercials. It is important to be critical as a producer and consumer at the same time. I've gotten a greater understanding of how important media is to global culture, and was motivated by the Avon video to want to change consumerism. I also felt that you can do anything after hearing about past graduates who went on to be very successful in media.

Another part of the class I enjoyed would have been creating the power-point presentation because I actually enjoyed analyzing Ads and imagery to get to the deeper elements behind the creations. I learned to think of commercials in a new way and not to be caught up in how annoying they can be. After-all, businesses have to sell their products, and sometimes attention grabbing commercials work despite other times being outdated or repetitious. Over-all I feel I am improving bit by bit in figuring out what exactly I want to do and how to approach a career in the comm field.