Review of Class- 5/6/10

I decided to sign up for this class because I have never taken an advertising class, and I thought it would be a new and interesting experience. Some of the things I enjoyed most about the class was the relaxed atmosphere and how you could freely participate and speak your mind without being judged. It was always a class that I looked forward to coming too every monday and thursday, I liked how we went off on random tangents in class and did not stick to a set agenda. I am generally a hard working student and complete all my work on time and to my best. In my opinion it was really difficult to get a good grade on any of the blog assignments, and when I started editing and using citations I noticed my grade was less than I thought i deserved, especially with the work I thought I was putting into the class. Towards the end of the semester i also starting getting confused with what the blog assignments were and when we needed to have them done, I think now that it is the final week of school I feel like I finally have a better understanding of what I needed to do. I did enjoy the group final projects, they were really a lot of work though, we spent hours out of class working on the culture jams and creating the magazine. I really hope our work pays off on my final grade! I also found the class interesting and unlike some classes i have taken in the past, I do feel like I will remember and apply lots of the things I learned. Some of the topics that stand out to me are: being media literate, rhetoric, neo-aristitilean five canons, mass audience and niches. I know that these are concepts that will stick with me! I had a good time with the class and the group project really helped me make a great group of friends who i never would have met otherwise! I would definitely reccomend this class to someone else if they are interested in the content matter.