Hi everyone,
I am Hannah, and I look forward to blogging my thoughts and curiosities as I go through this course. To begin, I have a few goals for my upcoming blogs:
- exercise critical analysis: I wish to learn how to engage my media consumption with lenses of analysis. I often consume short-form instructional or inspirational videos and listen to many podcasts throughout my week. I find it easy to take the information gleaned from such media without much thought, and this has struck me as quite concerning during the first few modules of this class. I want to acquire the tools to look at media through lenses that cause me to ask many questions (i.e., how the media was produced? what are the messages conveyed? and are there potential impacts from this information?) In other words, I wish to practice curiosity.
- learn sociological theories: I wish to understand sociological theories enough to apply them to my daily life. I think it would be transformational and inspiring to use sociological frameworks and case studies to help me shape the contexts I influence or participate in. This also requires me to improve my reading reflection skills…anyone else find it frustrating how quickly one can forget concepts!?
- develop my voice: I look forward to how this blog will help me assert my views and opinions regarding current events. I desire to contribute to conversations with friends in a meaningful way by being informed, well-read, and critical of what is taking place in our world. I am excited to learn from others and to be challenged in how I think about society, and in particular feminist issues.