Further descusion

I think that research methods are really important to studies of communication. I recently completed the quantitative research course at SJSU. This course required persistence, but was very interesting at the end of it all. One of the most fundamental research methods that I took as vital was the survey research method. I conducted a study on how the perception of reality television shows such as, flavor of love or the hills, alters the perception of reality on U.S. citizens compared to people who were raised outside of the U.S. This was fun to do because we were able to conduct a survey and then code it to where we were able to make sense of what people answered. In our research we found that people who watch reality television shows consistently felt that there partner should be very attractive sexually to them. This was cool to find out because we often read many research studies for our courses, but generally never have to conduct one.

Positives and Improvements

I have taken a couple of online courses in my current career at San Jose State University. This course had a lot of positives that could be said, but also had some areas that could be improved in my opinion. One thing that I liked about this course was the flexibility to construct blogs at your own time. I have been an extremely busy student over this semester and often struggled to finish certain assignments during the semester. Taking a full load in units and playing a sport for the university required me to have good time management. Because we were able to post blogs 12 hours apart instead of something like 24 hours, I was able to constantly have control over my assignments that were due. One area of the course that I thought could use some improvement was the quiz section. At times I felt extremely rushed to complete the quiz. I could read the chapters before taking the quiz and make notes in my book and still run out of time. Maybe if there was a larger allotted amount of time I would have enjoyed some of the quizzes more.

Dec6-8 Culture

There were many sections in the book that caught my attention. This text covered and briefed many different communication study aspects that were possible. Because there was such a wide range of possibilities it was hard to choose one subject that classified as my favorite. Although this became a bit tedious, one of my favorite sections was on how culture can create or not create limitations. In my previous blog I stated that there was no way I could deny the fact that culture helps shape the person who I am today. Meaning that we are definitely “creatures of our culture”. Ruth states that our culture directly affects our habits, beliefs, and impossibilities. Culture is not just defined as what race a person is, but rather the surroundings they encounter on a regular. Because of this it is important to keep an open mind when encountering other cultures or religions. Today’s world is based on a global standard where different cultures interact with each other constantly. It is necessary to become open and learn about one another as to become ethnocentric towards one another.