The "Real Life" Station

As I begin my last semester of college and prepare to turn my radio to the “real life” station, I hope that reflection will lead me to new realizations about the industry I aspire to become part of. As a Media, Culture and Communication major at New York University, I have spent four years contemplating the electronic devices that have become engrained in 21st century culture and what those networks mean for the way I perceive my relationships, the market and myself. Have the wit and social graces of Tolstoy and Austin been drowned in a sea of tweets and LOL’s? Will Photoshop gloss over the beautiful impurities of the strange and the underground? Are the fumes from Perez Hilton’s white Sharpie slander causing investigative journalists everywhere to collapse at their desks? Will hidden cameras and associated IP addresses track you every move? Are they watching you right now? To fully address these concerns and other possible outcomes, I hope to begin a discourse about individuals and companies who are working to capitalize on the qualities of the digital era that promote widespread creativity and productivity. Communications and Aspirations will spotlight best practices from diverse fields of the media including the Internet, TV, film, music and cellular data. I will not only look at current material but also at past phenomena that blasted the industry into new realms of relating and insight. Despite the breadth of subject material that I will be looking at, the golden thread that cannot be unwoven from my perspective is a focus on Communication –it permeates our relationships and aesthetic understanding, it brings societies together while also bringing you to yourself, and it cannot be disassociated from the human experience. It may take many manifestations and applications, but Communication is key.

Now. What do you see?