Wednesday, February 11, 2015

ASSIGNMENT 2

After browsing through the web pages of my fellow class mates I found quite a lot of them having similar media interests as mine. I have provided a link to their personal web pages alongside the category in which we share interests :-
1. MOVIES 
              a. Based on Novel
                  Michael Parsons
                  Chandler Sauers
                  Shruti Panda
                  Ankita Panda

              b. Science Fiction Movies
                   Anish Ali
                   Mohammad Anees
                   Ankita
                   Ankita Panda
                   Jeremy Frye
                   Pratheek Lakur Krishna Murthy
                   Harry Zhang
                   Manisha Tripathy
                   Frank Tian
                   Alex Spear
                   Chandler Sauers

              c. Television Drama
                  Ankita
                  Anish Ali
                  Kristen Musolf
                  Manisha Tripathy
                  Alex Spear
                  Ankita Panda
                  Vishwas Siravara
                  Michael Parsons

              d. Family Drama
                  Yang Zhou
                  Dey'Ana Wilson
                  Shruti Panda

              e. High-School Drama
                  ( Again found none )

2. E-BOOKS
              a. Thriller Fiction [ Dan Brown , Agatha Christie , John Grisham , David Seltzer ]
                 Ankita
                 Daniel Bartel
                 Shane Buckner
   
              b. Fantasy [ J.K.Rowling , J.R.R. Tolkien , Jeffery Archer ]
                  Ankita Panda

3. E-NEWSPAPER
             a. Times of India
             b. New York Times
                 Shane Buckner
                 Liming Ye
                 Sri Jeevanige
                 Anshika Mehndiratta
                 Pratheek Lakur Krishna Murthy
                 Yang Zhou
                 Ankita Panda
                 Manisha Tripathy

4. SECURITY ALERTS
    ( Surprisingly None!!! )

5. WEATHER UPDATES
    ( Surprisingly None!!! )

6. YOUTUBE
      Ankita
      Kristen Musolf
      Shalini
      Dey'Ana Wilson
      Jeremy Tzou
      Frank Tian
      Michael Parsons
      Chandler Sauers ...

7. MUSIC
     Shane Buckner 
     Ankita
     Daniel Bartel

8. SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
    a. Facebook
        Liming Ye
        Shane Buckner
        Ankita
        Dey'Ana Wilson
        Jeremy Tzou
        Manisha Tripathy
        Frank Tian
        Xiaohui Shen
        Shalini
        Michael Parsons
        Chandler Sauers ...
     
    b. LinkedIn
        Ankita
        Kristen Musolf
        Shalini
        Manisha Tripathy
        Michael Parsons
        Chandler Sauers ...
        
    c. Twitter
         Shalini
         Liming Ye
         Ankita   
         Daniel Bartel
         Manisha Tripathy
         Chandler Sauers
         Ankita Panda ...

Sunday, January 25, 2015

ASSIGNMENT 1

Media has long been the key contributor to the propagation of new age technology. This being said, there is a lot of modification that has been brought about by the new age technology. Several new ways of utilizing the power of media have come up. Media has undergone tremendous change from the time of radio to internet due to the technological revolution.

Being an avid consumer, I am inquisitive about the co-dependant relation between media and technology. I consider both as growing interdependently. I believe a course work in computers and new media will help me in getting a better understanding of this subject.


Listed below is a broad categorization of the various types of media I use in my everyday life :-
1. MOVIES
    I prefer spending quality time by watching movies falling under following categories :-
              a. Based on Novel
              b. Science Fiction Movies
              c. Television Drama
              d. Family Drama
              e. High-School Drama

2. E-BOOKS
    I invest my mental faculties in gorging on web versions of the novels. I prefer them as they are
    easy to access from anywhere and everywhere. I am specifically interested in the
    following genres:-
              a. Thriller Fiction [ Dan Brown , Agatha Christie , John Grisham , David Seltzer ]
              b. Fantasy [ J.K.Rowling , J.R.R. Tolkien , Jeffery Archer ]

3. E-NEWSPAPER
    I prefer being updated with the news around the world from e-papers rather than the printed
    versions. I mainly follow :-
             a. Times of India
             b. New York Times

4. SECURITY ALERTS
    Any security issue in the university is notified to me through "Code Maroon".

5. WEATHER UPDATES
    Owing to the extremely unpredictable weather of College Station, I always prefer staying updated
    with the weather forecast. It helps me schedule the activities of the day appropriately.

6. YOUTUBE
    I am an avid user of Youtube, where we can get helpful videos on any subject. It helps me
    understand a particular topic easily and gives me the option to watch online lectures as well.

7. MUSIC
    The internet provides me with the best way to relax and take my mind off the troubling thoughts.

8. SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
    I am a frequent visitor on the following sites :-
            a. Facebook
            b. LinkedIn
            c. Twitter