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Navigating Media
From the ever-expanding Googleverse to the snarky payoff of celebrity gossip, life is splintered and refracted in a million ways by contemporary communication tools. The media has a profound impact on how we perceive ourselves and our world. The smart consumer will learn to consume information and use social networking tools to enhance one's goals and complement one's personality, rather than being overwhelmed by the internet's data dump, always just a click away.
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