Blog post 1
As a business (or more specifically, marketing) student, I have never taken a class such as this one. All my previous classes have been, in general, within the business landscape (courses such as accounting, HR, finance, economics etc). When I learned I was allowed to take a class outside of this realm, I quickly jumped on the opportunity. After a bit of digging, I found this class and was immediately intrigued. The world of media has always fascinated me and thus learning about its past history seemed extremely interesting to me. It feels like now more than ever, with the likes of Trump and big influential figures, media has become more than a tool, some would even say a weapon. With the prevalence of "fake news" and media outlets being billed as good or bad by high ranking officials, it is interesting how much power influences the information we consume. I'm looking forward to learning more on these issues, and to hopefully come away with an understanding as to exactly ...