First RTF post!

So when I came to UT this summer to go to orientation, I joined a FIG. That is, a first year interest group. In other words, I liked the idea that most of my classes would contain a set of similar faces and having a few smaller classes was nice as well. The best part about joining this program was the topics available to choose from. There were soooo many!! After some careful consideration, I came to the conclusion that the Reel America FIG was what interested me the most, and this class was on my schedule via this group! Aside from it being a part of my group, I am very interested in the subject matter...What exactly is media? Where has it been? Where has it traveled to? Who does it affect and how? What does it take to impact of change the media? All of these questions and eons more are what I hope to discover answers to over the course of this semester in this class. I am confident and very excited to learn about this area!!