Media Technologies

            The advanced state of technology in the world has been an undeniable boon to the production, transmission, and consumption of media across the world. Long gone are the days where access to media was extremely limited to paper copies of newspapers, voice-only radio broadcasts, or a sparse number of television stations. Nowadays media is produced for every media type, tailored to be viewed on certain formats, and able to be consumed on paper or in countless electronic devices. This paper will look at how news media websites utilize media technology, how mobile phones and entertainment systems have changed how we consume media, and how social media involves the world in the media itself.

The Weeks Ahead

This blog has been created as part of my Communications Studies capstone course at Ashford University, under the instruction of Professor Serra. This blog exists to act as a showcase of the skills and theories that I have developed through my course of study at Ashford. The blog will provide samples of work that I have generated over the last few years. By the time the capstone course has ended, this blog should represent a snapshot of my skills as a Communications Studies major.

Whether you are a fellow student, an instructor from Ashford University, or a prospective employer, the posts to follow will provide samples of writing that showcase the different areas that I have studied. It will be presented in a very straightforward, easy to navigate format and the design should make it easy to seek out topics and subjects that meet your interests. If the information you are searching for is difficult to find or understand then that will be a failure of that element. To that end everything will be streamlined with a focus on readability. I promise to keep away from distracting elements and poor layouts.

The Beginning

Welcome to Professor Serra and my fellow students from Ashford University's COM 480 class. This will the home to all of my future blog posts for the next five weeks during this course. Be patient with me while I work on this to get it to be an informative and nice-looking blog!