I was on my highschool's radio station, part of the broadcast media curriculum. It was awesome.
That early experience erased any esteem I had for mass media. (Much as I loved the actual work.)
We got to visit local stations, job shadow, produce content for public access cable, make commercials, etc. Meet and interview adults.
We also talked with former students, who managed to break into the industry.
Since it was a voc tech program, there was no mention of McLuhan, Chomsky, Postman, or any media criticism of any kind.
I learned that stuff much later. Yet somehow I was able to intuit the rotten core of our media hellscape.
I was on my highschool's radio station, part of the broadcast media curriculum. It was awesome.
That early experience erased any esteem I had for mass media. (Much as I loved the actual work.)
We got to visit local stations, job shadow, produce content for public access cable, make commercials, etc. Meet and interview adults.
We also talked with former students, who managed to break into the industry.
Since it was a voc tech program, there was no mention of McLuhan, Chomsky, Postman, or any media criticism of any kind.
I learned that stuff much later. Yet somehow I was able to intuit the rotten core of our media hellscape.