Rachel Kaplan

Being from Philadelphia, I use media every single day to connect to my family. Obviously it is important to every college student, but having my family so far away makes me appreciate the media I use so much more. I can honestly say that I would not being going to Indiana if I could not communicate with my parents as easily as I can with the technology of the 21st century. I even find it amazing that while my mom is on a work call, she can still email/text me to let me know what she needed to tell me. Also, my sister and I communicate everyday through video chatting. She goes to school at Tulane, so we used this method of communication since she’s been gone. Overall, I love media because it allows me to talk to my most beloved people in the world – even though we are in different states and living completely different lives.