martinez-assignment-1

The internet provides a vast amount of media for consumption or analysis, and it's interesting to see your perspective on what media presented is appealing to you; the contrast between your attraction to online quizzes and trivia and disconnect between Qualcomm on social media presents a viewpoint on not only media analysis but also on other social sciences.

One of the expectations from this journal is identifying otherwise overlooked sources of media. Did you recognize any media outside of the sources listed just by meandering around campus? If not, why not?

On a technical note, I felt that journal was personal from the use of vernacular language and lack of structure. While this assignment was not the most formal, I would have preferred it if the journal was presented with more structure, using more visible headers or a timeline-esque order.

I enjoyed reading this piece and the lack of structure, in contrast to that first comment up there. Overly structural reading is what makes my eyes glaze over immediately, especially when it comes to content that is more or less predictable. So I applaud the freeform prose here. Similar to the lack of structure in text is the mash of pictures of the media you encountered, which I thought accentuates the writing rather well. There is certainly a style to it, which is balanced by the occasional sprinkles of slightly more formal paragraphs, like the one preceding the Qualcomm image. The jump back to the fun, quiz mode might be abrupt but I'd say it works.

So yup, I think this was a fun read and it was positively enjoyable. The only real room for improvement might be the exit - the end didn't exactly go out with a bang (which it doesn't actually need to but..), and I think it might've done with a bit of flair. That's all, really. I think this was great!