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.