New Communications Technology Recap

I found this course to be very informative. Previously I had taken Social Media Optimization, and that class really didn't do anything except introduce us to new social media sites. Which was alright but with New Comm Tech I feel that we learned more about how people are affected by these sites. Dr. Wachanga always found an interesting way to look at something and analyze things. I felt that his real life examples and stories that he told us made learning about these things more interesting as well. This course also introduced me to a new site, Ushahidi. I found that to be one of the more interesting topics we talked about.It's just unreal to me that that many people can come together and connect in such a short period of time and during a crises. The ways they were able to use that to help others during these times were very impressive. Overall I come away with a better understanding of the ways different social networks can be used and how they are most affected.