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here you are…you just finished the first semester successfully, and suddenly the classes don’t seem as daunting. your life has gotten into a decent rhythm. “hey,” you think, “i can do this!”
and you can, of course. but the challenges though softer on the surface are still there. the work still needs to get done. committee chairs, incompletes, comps, programs of study, getting a job. yikes!
so don’t lose focus and don’t forget the basics:
Sleep
Healthy food
Exercise
FriendsEdward Castronova (from an email sent to tcomm grads)Posted on February 2, 2010
"an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections"
and lots of bad music.
I'm interested in the interactions of mediated culture and psychological constructions of the self, obsessed with mental disorders and psychology while being painfully aware of my own inadequacies. I am a prototypical non-conformist with a vaguely leftist doctrine of beliefs. I'm guiltily self-absorbed and I quietly compete with others for brief moments of self-aggrandizing brilliance. I'm a slave to the capitalist dogma I spend every moment of my waking life bitching about. Also, I'm an up-talker?
Currently, I'm a graduate student in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University. My research interests encompass many areas of media studies and psychology:
- the role of the internet on everyday life
- the way increasingly mediated lifestyles change social relations
- psychosocial uses and effects of media on identity construction among adolescents and young adults
I graduated with honors from the University at Buffalo in 2006, receiving a BS in Psychology and a BA in Film Studies. I used to work as Project Director for a youth media program and as Senior Research Analyst for a couples study.
In my spare time, I can be found making all sorts of crafts and listening to music.
IUB TComm
