Overall, most students were vague in their reason for taking this class ( including myself ). Most stated that they were interested in media and wanted to learn more about how to apply it to a future job.
Generally, graduate students were very detailed about themselves; while undergraduates were short.
On the other hand, undergraduates were more detailed about media usage, while some graduates were vague. (Example)
Information I noticed:
The frequency of some media surprised me.
Used less than expected:
Used more than expected:
Almost all students use:
Generally, graduate students were very detailed about themselves; while undergraduates were short.
On the other hand, undergraduates were more detailed about media usage, while some graduates were vague. (Example)
Information I noticed:
- When people gamed, they gamed hard - Cullen Brown, Tom Coladonato, Matthew Dilliard, Justin Montalvo ( Almost all guys)
- Some people displayed their information in graphs - Odair Fernandes, Graham Leslie , Patrick Knauth, Matthew Kocmoud
- People interested in graphic design and art - Matthew Kocmoud, Joanne Bruno
- Fellow Snapchatters - Jayme Krepps, Craig Foster, Christine Woods, Ankit Singhal, Collin Draughon
- Made me giggle (myspace shoutout) - Justin Montalvo
The frequency of some media surprised me.
Used less than expected:
- Twitter - Craig Foster, Jayme Krepps, Austin Martin, Ankit Singhal
- Dropbox - Christine Woods, Satyakiran Duggina
- Reddit - Rhushabh Bhandari, Zachary Cannon , Austin Martin
Used more than expected:
- Google+ - Dev Jyoti, Matthew Kocmoud, Odair Fernandes
- Grooveshark - Dev Jyoti, Preeti Suman
- Instagram - Joanne Bruno, Sara Fox, Jayme Krepps, Christine Woods ( Almost all girls)
- Movie/TV watching on a weekly basis (Netflix or other) - Zachary Cannon , Elliott Fawcett, Sung Jun Lim
- Skype - Joanne Bruno , Ting Chen, Odair Fernandes, Atish Kumar Patra
Almost all students use:
- Gmail - Rhushabh Bhandari, Joanne Bruno , Ting Chen, Austin Dalton, Atish Kumar Patra
- Phones for most communication ( Whatsapp, texting, calls, groupme, ...) - Dev Jyoti, Rhushabh Bhandari, Collin Draughon
- Youtube - Matthew Dilliard, Sara Fox, Elliott Fawcett, Alejandro Vasay
- Facebook - Stephen Chen, Sara Fox, Craig Foster, Austin Martin
- Streamed music (Spotify, Grooveshark, Pandora) - Preeti, Michael Tweet, Rhushabh Bhandari, Jayme Krepps