In this week’s workshop, Brian asked us ‘how do we study collaboration?’ – by doing it.
He had us get into groups and write on butchers paper answering, ‘Media is..?’
Our group described media as being an interconnected map of communication, collaboration, education, various platforms of networks and also a means of manipulating mindsets, generating propaganda and a conduit by which to sell ideas and products.

Upon being asked to brainstorm and discuss what media is a few times over the first couple weeks, I’ve found myself focusing on all of the obvious and positive aspects of media and leaving out it’s draw backs.
One of the main reasons for undertaking this course is to learn the fundamentals and to then apply those foundations to creating positive means of expression, maybe even sell products – who knows.
I’d like to broaden my scope and understanding of the media industry and it’s current and future applications.

For example, I’m interested in how digital media trends such as video are transforming the way we communicate and process information.
The speeds at which we translate information and the amount of attention we will give to certain things.
Video content has been on the rise since Twitter’s periscope, with Facebook and now Instagram offering live content.

I was looking over some articles in reference to how we communicate and some trends for social media in 2017 on FORBES.
It was mentioned in class that people prefer collaborative approaches to their networking and learning of information and a direct quote from the article was, ‘Millennials want the personal touch, transparency and collaboration that the one-on-one communication allows..