Final Reflective Blog

Before the spring semester had started, I was very curious what electronic comm would be all about. Right off the bat when we read the introductory section on CMC, I began to realize that this was something I had been taking for granted all along. CMC has always been a part of my life and I have never deeply explored simply because its just a means of communicating I use every day. That’s why I was pretty excited about the opportunity to explore different aspects of CMC and learn more about something that has had great influence on my life. One of the very first things Corso brought to our attention in the course was how often we use CMC with one another. My big “oh wow” moment came when Corso read off some statistics about CMC and when revealed how many million text messages are sent every day, I was astounded. I never would have thought that text messaging was used by so many people. Every time I send a text message now, I think about how it has become such a normal yet important means of communicating. As far as my future and career, I think that CMC will only become more and more a part of my life. My generation has grown up with computers and cell phones and nowadays, that is how we function is so many ways. I think that I will continue to use CMC to communicate and complete various tasks especially within my major of broadcast communications. Lets face it, emailing is as common as a phone anymore and I feel that in order to make contacts and apply for jobs, I will be using email. That’s how I got my internship. I sent an inquiring email and from there, sent a resume, cover letter and a link to my blog to view my work. All my communication with my internship advisor was done through email up until the interview. I feel that this is how I will function most of the time in my career and every day life in the future and I will most definitely raise my kids using CMC as well. I view CMC somewhat differently now as I find myself always thinking of ways to improve something. Some people are fascinated with modern technology but to me, its only normal and I look beyond the buttons and gadgets for ways that CMC technologies such as cell phones could improve. I always wonder, “What will they come up with next?” and I try to predict it. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the course. It was different than other courses that I’ve taken because it was much more “modernized” with use of modern day technology such as the internet to assist with the teaching of the course. There wasn’t your typical “read and retain” style of teaching like some courses I’ve taken but rather an enjoyable reading experience on the web. This made it more fun and made me feel like I was applying my knowledge of technology to learn. Coming into the class, I knew Mr. Corso’s style of teaching and I enjoy it a lot so I knew it would be fun but never expected to get as much out of it as I did. CMC sounded like a boring topic at first but turned out to be something I had underappreciated for many years.