My Favorite class from the month of November was on Wednesday November 12th. In this class we discussed media ownership, how to verify the information on websites, and how to better use google. My favorite part of the class was when we looked at the website that showed us the “Big 6″ owners of media outlets. This was a concept that I had never thought about before, the idea that only a couple companies control all of the information that we get via the web, radio, print, and tv. I was extremely surprised by how inaccurate this information has been found to be.
I feel that the instructors purpose for this class was to make the point that you should not believe everything you read or hear, or at least verify it before you believe it. The website about the “big 6″ companies proved this point very well. Also the website about Martin Luther King Jr. made by the white supremacist group reiterated how important it is to verify the sources of any information that a person may encounter.
I really liked how hands on this class was. I felt that being able to actually look up, or search for everything on the internet ourselves helped to keep my attention and keep me interested in the topic. The only critical comment I have about the class is about the article we had to search for in the UNCW catlog. I felt that the article was too long and that the charts could have been shown by them selves to make the point a little better and clearer. Overall this was one of my favorite classes of the semester!
