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Hey blog world! I'm Casey Greene and this is my wonderful blog. I'm a freshman at Champlain College and I absolutely LOVE being here in Burlington, VT. This past summer I had the media experience of my dreams. On July 21st this past summer I went to a concert at a local bar called Northern Lights. Two bands played, one was The Alternate Routes and the other was Modern West. Kevin Costner (the actor) is the lead singer of Modern West. I have been MADLY in love with him since I was a little girl. I got to meet him backstage and that was pretty cool. Actually it was AMAZING!! If you like country music and you want to check them out then click here for their website. But for you lazy people here is a video of them....

Media has always been a part of my life, not only because of Kevin. I've always loved video games and portable devices. I think they are very interesting. Even thought I like playing portable games, I don't like how books have converted to portable devices. I like the old-fashioned way of reading, The Kindle seems pretty cool, but it's not for me.

My goals for the future are pretty big. My dream job would to have a radio talk-show. My first guest would of

course be Kevin! But anyways, yes I would LOVE love love to be on the radio. How cool would it be to wear your

pajamas to work?!? Super cool! Maybe someday you'll turn on your radio and you'll hear me.

We've learned many different things in Dr. Rob's Mass Media class. There's definitely never a dull moment in

there. One idea that we learned and discussed in class was the idea that people, along with media and the world,

are changing everyday. But the education process has been at a stand still. This needs to change because it's

becoming almost unproductive in classrooms. Another interesting fact about advancing media is that the internet

has become the largest and most powerful entity in our lives. This makes us think of our lives, and how they will be

affected or controlled in the future by this monster, the medium.

We've also learned that media comes in three different stages. These stages are novelty, entrepreneurial, and

mass media. Information travels from the sources, through this process, and gets to us (the people). Another idea we

learned from Dr. Rob is the idea that culture is an ever-changing process and its development is facilitated by the

many forms of media. In class we've learned how to separate our forms of media into four different toolsets. These

have helped me understand and analyze these texts. I don't think I'm the only one who agrees. The class has more

of an understanding, now, after Rob taught us these toolsets.

One thing I have been hoping to find is one way I could help preserve radio. I've wanted to work in the radio

business since I was a little girl. But now, since there are iPods, MP3s, the internet, and satellite radio, the regular

broadcasting radio is being neglected more and more everyday. My question to radio media is: how do I preserve you?

Hopefully this course will give me an answer, so I can have the job I love once i finish my college years. Thanks for

reading. Talk to you soon!