I chose to take this course in social media for a number of different reasons. First being that I am a media management major I think it is important to have a background in social media because it is becoming so prominent in every industry. I also chose to take this class because I do not know much about social media and am not as engaged as I believe I could be. I have always been a user of social media but I have never really been one to keep up with it as actively as some of my peers do. I am known in my social group as the one that no one depends on to respond facebook messages or twitter posts. I actually just recently gotten a twitter account and I can proudly say I have accomplished almost 200 tweet in 4 months! As I enter the media world specifically in the are of management I understand that many entry jobs deal with social media and it may be necessary or at least beneficial for me to have a background in using different media outlets.

I am hoping that this class can help me to use social media in a way that is able to promote any causes that I may endorse or that I am truly passionate about. I do not think I will ever think of social media in a way of self promotion so I am hoping to use it as a tool to promote causes that can actually change something in the world instead of being, as a very clever friend has once tweeted, “glorified spam.”

I chose to enter the media world due to the enless growth and excitement that surround it. It is an industry that, I feel more than most, embraces change and is able to make a difference on a global scale.