Bad (media) habits are hard to break.

Like many others, the introduction of media hubs on the Internet has made my media habits change dramatically. Sites, which review, preview and sometimes allow users to watch and play video games and television shows have been gaining in popularity in the recent past. Sites like ign began with reviewing video games but expanded into comics, movies, television, music and even cars. These media hubs have changed the way that I have processed my media information as I can now go to one place to digest all the information I need. My media habits have evolved due to school and other time constraints that have pushed me closer to these media hubs that allow the users to quickly see the day's most important or popular stories. Digg, for example, allows users to see the big stories fast but also allows users to ‘bury’ pointless articles that hold little importance. The problem which grows with this movement is that you are only seeing the views of the world threw the Internet’s rose goggles which can often focus more on technology then world events and news. With that in mind I do only use media hubs as a quick form of information but in the future I hope to expand my media scope my reading and watching more news so I can learn of more world events and at least see what is being broad casted by the journalistic media. In the end though, i love media hubs as they allow me to see the information i want without spending much time.

Who am i

My name is Abhinav Kumar, a 17-year-old Biology major. I love playing video games, reading fiction books, and watching TV. While I am interested in Biology I also enjoy media studies and hope to pursue a minor in ether American or media studies. I decided on media and communication studies because I was interested in the field of media and this was an introductory course on the material. After this course I hope to gain a better grasp on the field of media communications so that I can further focus my field of interest into how I might use media in my future career. I am also very interested in the field of video games, especially in marketing and finance. This class will help lay the foundation for later courses that might help me in marketing or media business structures. Even though I have thoughts of going into the fields of media, I am still fascinated by the field of biology and enjoy learning how I could one day combines these two interests. Some of the things that take up my daily life is hanging out with my friends in the “Commuter Clump Empire”, playing world of warcraft (my 70 rogue named Abhinav on Blackrock), and doing homework. Well that’s all for now, hopefully my next post will have a picture, i couldn't find one of me that i like to put up by now.