As a transfer student at USC Annenberg, I’ve definitely noticed a reoccurring theme that a lot of my professors discuss continuously, data. First it was in communication and culture, and now it has been discussed without fail in every single lecture of communication and social media and navigating news and media in the digital age.Continue reading “An Open Letter to my FBI Agent”
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Instagram and Isolation
As the world is hit with the coronavirus and its citizens have to adjust to a new normal, many countries have ordered their citizens to only leave the house unless it is necessary, enforcing social distancing and/or quarantine. Therefore, it is no surprise that media consumption has also strayed away from what we consider ‘normal.’Continue reading “Instagram and Isolation”
Can anyone SMELL that? Proving an Article’s Credibility
In today’s day, the media is swarmed with ‘fake news.’ When people go to read up on the current happenings around the world, they must constantly be aware on whether or not what they are reading is factual and without bias (McManus, p. 90-91). Thus, in order to be properly informed, media literacy education isContinue reading “Can anyone SMELL that? Proving an Article’s Credibility”
What I Discovered About Myself by Tracking my Media Consumption
As a USC student who is a communications major, a required class all communication and journalism majors must take is ASCJ 200: Navigating News and Media in the Digital Age. On the second day of class, we were assigned to track our media consumption for a full 24-hours and then use that data to analyzeContinue reading “What I Discovered About Myself by Tracking my Media Consumption”
The Best and Worst of Abby Yosian 