Welcome to "Media, the Global Network"!

Dear Global Media Networkers,

welcome to our course!

Please allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Annemarie Fischer, and I am currently serving as a Doctoral Candiate (ABD) in Comparative Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

My research focus includes Global Communications/Media Studies, Popular Culture, Visual Culture and Sound Studies, as well as Transnational Writing and Narratology.

I obtained a Master of Arts in Political Science from Binghamton University and a Magistra atrium in German Studies, Journalism and Eastern European Sciences from Leipzig University in Germany, as well as a postgraduate degree in German as a Foreign Language from the Herder Institute at Leipzig University. At the Lomonosov Moscow State University, I studied Journalism as well as Russian Literature and Philology.

At the United Nations Headquarters in New York, I performed an internship at the Department of Public Information (DPI). I am also working as a freelance journalist and photographer.

I am fluent in English, French and Russian, apart from my mother tongue being German.

You can see more info on me, myself and I at http://www.annemariefischer.de.

I am very much looking forward to working with you!

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Hi Everybody!

My name is Ying Song and I'm going to be a junior next year. I transferred to BU from Trinity University this Spring semester. I'm from Xi'an, China and I really enjoy my studying here in the states. I'm currently majoring in Economics. I have a passion for travel and I also enjoy learning foreign languages. My motivation for this course is to fulfill a "C" requirement but I also hope to improve my writing skills in this course.

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Hi Everybody!

My name is Brian Rosenberg and I'm going to be a Senior next year at Bing. I'm currently majoring in accounting with a possible concentration in marketing and a minor in global studies. I'm not really a huge fan of accounting but after years of SOM brainwashing I feel as though this is probably my best option. I also enjoy travelling and I have studied abroad twice which has lead me to minor in global studies. I spent a summer in Tokyo studying Japanese and a semester in Copenhagen, Denmark studying business.

Studying abroad caused me to fall behind in all my gen-eds so I'm taking this course in order to fulfill a "C" requirement but I also find the subject to be quite interesting. I also hope to start an online business one day so I'm trying to learn anything that might be come in handy one day.