Assignment 2 : Common Themes and Elements

There are several common reasons among students for taking this course, the main one being to study or know the role of technology or computers in new media representational forms. It is interesting to observe that many students share common interests in terms of Social Media, Internet Messengers, TV Shows and web utilities. Most students use Facebook for social networking and Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular IM utility. Gmail is the preferred email and many students actively use YouTube for entertainment and music. I have listed down the media used by people broadly(Internet, Communication, TV Show) and also anything specific that was common (example, Big Bang Theory)

Common Trends

• Internet
• General Information Websites
• Google : Xiaoguang Ma Ankita Panda Yang Zhou Manisha Tripathy
• Wikipedia : Xiaoguang Ma Ali Momin
• Product Websites
• Amazon : Xiaoguang Ma
• Social Networking Websites
• Facebook : Ankita Sanghita Bandyopadhyay Daniel Bartel Christian Buzombo Chih-Yen Chang Terry Chen Sri Jeevanige Jacob Kus Junseok Lee Xiaoguang Ma Ali Momin Thomas Mulholland Pratheek Murthy Kristen Musolf Srinath Nadimpalli Keishla Ortiz-Lopez Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Chandler Sauers Smit Shah Shalini Xiaohui Shen Yang Zhou Esteban Solis Manisha Tripathy Jeremy Tzou Dey'Ana Wilson
• LinkedIn : Ankita  Sanghita Bandyopadhyay Sri Jeevanige Pratheek Murthy Kristen Musolf Keishla Ortiz-Lopez Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Shalini Manisha Tripathy
• News Websites : Brandon Grey
• Google News : Srinath Nadimpalli
• New York Times : Sanghita Bandyopadhyay
• NDTV : Shruti Panda
• Television : Nicholas Hanemann
• Comedy
• Big Bang Theory  : Chih-Yen Chang Brandon Grey Junseok Lee Pratheek Murthy Kristen Musolf Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Liming Ye Yang Zhou
• Movies : Jeremy Frye Nicholas Hanemann Daniel He
• Drama Movies : Sanghita Bandyopadhyay
• Bollywood Movies : Ankita
• Communication
• Telephone
• Cell
• Messaging
• Whatsapp : Ankita Tian Lan Xiaoguang Ma Pratheek Murthy Srinath Nadimpalli Keishla Ortiz-Lopez Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Natalie Rawle Shalini Vishwas Siravara Manisha Tripathy
• Talking : Natalie Rawle
• Email  : Anish Ali Mohammed Anees Daniel Bartel Shane Buckner Terry Chen Jeremy Frye Eduardo Cirilo Chandler Sauers Smit Shah
• TAMU Gmail : Ankita Keishla Ortiz-Lopez Liming Ye Harry Zhang Manisha Tripathy
• Gmail  : Ankita Chih-Yen Chang Daniel He Taylor Hunt Katherine Davis Sri Jeevanige Karan Khatter Jacob Kus Tian Lan Junseok Lee Pratheek Murthy Srinath Nadimpalli Keishla Ortiz-Lopez Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Harry Zhang Alex Spear Manisha Tripathy Jeremy Tzou Zack Villasana Dey'Ana Wilson
• Instant Messenger(IM) : Terry Chen
• Facebook Chat : Ankita Shane Buckner Jeremy Frye, Karrie Cheng Sri Jeevanige Srinath Nadimpalli Keishla Ortiz-Lopez Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Natalie Rawle Shalini
• Skype IM : Ankita Thomas Scott Jasper Sri Jeevanige Keishla Ortiz-Lopez
• iMessage : Chih-Yen Chang
• Radio  : Alex Spear
• Music : Jeremy Frye Eduardo Cirilo Nicholas Hanemann
• Grooveshark : Ankita Panda
• YouTube : Brandon Grey Junseok Lee  Xiaoguang Ma Ali Momin Thomas Mulholland Kristen Musolf  Ankita Panda Shruti Panda Michael Parsons Jeremy Tzo    
• Books
• Novels
• Fiction : Sanghita Bandyopadhyay Katherine Davis
• Course Textbooks : Shruti Panda Shalini Manisha Tripathy Robert Wooley

Assignment 1 : Media Used

Name : Anshika Mehndiratta

Degree Level : Master of Computer Science                

Why are you in the class?

There are several reasons for me taking the course CPSC 656 : Computers and New Media.

• Being a Master's student in Computer Science and with two years of work experience in the computer science industry, I wish to explore how computer and software affects media. 
• This course explores a very interesting topic(as the course website mentions) that is how computers and software affects author/director of a form of media, reader/viewer of the form of media and the relationship between them. 
• Another aspect of interest in this course is the kind of computer related media suitable for the kind of communication and information to be conveyed.
• Also, this course involves working for a project in a group of 5-6 students, which will help me in using computer science ideas related to web and user experience and combine perspective of various people to build a software product useful for media. 
• Working with students from non-computer science discipline will provide me with a more user-oriented perspective to software and make improvisations.

The following is the list of media I use every week, under its suitable category :

• Internet
• General Information Websites
• Google
• Wikipedia
• Product Websites
• Amazon
• Social Networking Websites
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• News Websites
• Google News
• New York Times
• NDTV
• Lifestyle Websites
• Pinterest
• DoYouYoga
• Television
• Lifestyle Shows
• Cooking Shows
• Highway on My Plate
• Comedy
• Big Bang Theory
• Movies
• Adventure Movies
• Drama Movies
• Bollywood Movies
• Communication
• Telephone
• Cell
• Messaging
• Whatsapp
• Talking
• Email
• TAMU Gmail
• Personal Gmail
• Instant Messenger(IM)
• Facebook Chat
• Skype IM
• iMessage
• Radio 
• 104.1 Houston KRBE
• Radio Mirchi
• Music
• Gaana
• Grooveshark
• YouTube                                                                                                               
• Books
• Novels
• Fiction
• Course Textbooks

Link to second assignment : Assignment 2.