Hey everyone!

Hey everyone, I'm Lauren.

I'm a senior year communications major, graduating in May. I originally transferred here last winter from University of Hartford (The Hartt School), where I majored in musical theatre and performing arts management. Needless to say, I love showtunes, and have a secret obsession with country music and whiney punk. I live on the Ambler campus, work two jobs, and still perform whenever I am able. Also, I am happily addicted to coffee.

Mass communication is an important factor in my life because I, like everyone else, am influenced by it without even realizing it, almost every minute of every day. I believe that mass communication is a good thing, although I think that the mediums can be overused and the information provided can be overly digested and overly-consumed. I believe that one of the problems with mass communication would be that the information provided is rarely analyzed firsthand by the consumer.

Mass communication helps me to keep in touch with friends and family through social networking sites, conveniently apply for jobs and get quicker responses through email, keep in touch with the news through internet information sites and newspapers, and receive mass text messages from friends, along with the many other ways I use it each day.

From this class I hope to gain a sense of how to be a smarter consumer of mass communication which will benefit my everyday life.

I will offer this group public speaking and organizational skills, along with a fresh perspective on mass communicating through music and the arts.