Samantha Lewis

I heart media for numerous reasons.  The most important being that I can come in contact with friends and family.  Without the availability to text, skype, e-mail and so much more, I wouldn’t have that.  I wouldn’t be able to stay in constant contact with the people that mean the most to me.  Secondly, I love media because it allows anyone to be creative and be able to show the world their creativity. Here’s a little side story to give an example.  My brother, who is the reason I am considering telecom as my Informatics cognate, minored in telecommunications and now uses this minor instead of his Informatics degree in his career.  To show off his creativity, he and his buddies participate in the 48 hour film project.  In the most recent competition, his video took runner-up best picture and they got to travel to Las Vegas as well as the Cannes Film Festival in France. Without media, this would not have been able to take place and he would not have had the chance to travel to France. Check out his video —