Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	Grad	Other
1.88	33	0.86	Freq(%)	13 (39%)	12 (36%)	7 (21%)	1 (3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Elective	Required
1.15	33	0.36	Freq(%)	28 (85%)	5 (15%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.3	33	0.85	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	5 (15%)	10 (30%)	17 (52%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.09	33	0.95	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	2 (6%)	7 (21%)	10 (30%)	14 (42%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.06	33	1.17	Freq(%)	2 (6%)	1 (3%)	6 (18%)	8 (24%)	16 (48%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.03	31	1.05	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	3 (10%)	7 (23%)	7 (23%)	14 (45%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.85	33	1.12	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	6 (18%)	5 (15%)	10 (30%)	12 (36%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.91	33	0.98	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	4 (12%)	5 (15%)	14 (42%)	10 (30%)

Different group projects that provided a wide array of information

going over job oppurtunitites in the field

having the class as a whole discuss current events.

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I think that discussing currents events was extremely valuable in this course, not only to pertain to journalism, but also to the well being of the students taking this course. It is imperative to know what is going on in the world today, and not many younger people seem to keep up with the news and current events. A lot of it is lack of caring and pure laziness, but this course makes it a requirement to be informed, which I think is a great thing.

This course was very interesting and some days were extremely fun and some days were a little on the boring side. The most valuable thing that I absolutely love about this class is the class projects that we got to do and watch. They really broadened my views on every subject, from blogs and advertising to local news and hard pressing issues. I also loved the guest speakers! It was nice to hear from some people who have been in our place before and tell us about the Journalism and media industry.

Mr. Ferrar had vast knowledge about the subject of journalism. He spoke about his own past experiences in the field and about current events that related to the topics we covered from the text book. He made a great effort to keep the class involved by having us talk about current news and the presidential election. He also had several guest speakers come present to the class about a variety of different topics.

Reviewing current events as a class. Guest speakers and group projects were eye-opening.

i really liked the team projects it was a nice change of pace. I also liked talking about current events and seeing what was taking place in the world

Journalism and media are a part of everyday life and this class teaches you about all types of media and how everything is connected. It teaches you how to understand what is being presented to you, how, why, by whom, and what the purpose is.

The final group projects. It allowed the class to focus on certain topics and how they pertain to the journalist world as a whole.

GUEST SPEAKERS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS BUT AT THE SAME TIME RELATED TO THE CLASS.

Mr Ferrar brought in many diverse guest speakers from all the different areas of journalism and media. He most definitively taught us what to expect if we intend to choose journalism as our major or future career. He was nice and very helpful.

The team projects helped all of us interact with the class

hands on group projects, current events discussions, guest speakers

how we can see the media in a different way

Learning about future journalism and media.

seeing what it is like in a journalism career.

Discussing current events

the lectures on how the media can affect and influence society

Just learning about the different types of media and how they are used.

Being able to discuss what is going on the media was quite interesting.

I absolutely loved the amount of video and media presentations to aid the viewer in learning things. I believe, however, that things like media ethics and the history of media in general were two of the most important aspects taught in the course. The use of guest speakers brought points about journalism that I hadn't thought about before, so that was valuable for me as well.

The guest speakers were really great and very relevant to the course materials.

Developing a true understanding of what it means to be "media-literate"

I feel like I learned a lot from the guest speakers that came. It was really cool to have people from all aspects of the field come and give us real life stories and experiences like that.

The assignments were very short and they could be turned in online. Very easy.

The updates we receive on assignments, upcoming events, all important details.

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Some of the questions on the quizzes were, in my opinion, unimportant. If all of the questions on the quizzes and exams were part of the "bigger picture" instead of nitty gritty detailed questions that no one could possibly remember the answer to, then I think it would be easier for the students to study for exams and what not.

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The group presentations took up a lot of valuable class time. I understand that each group put a lot of time and effort into making their project, but there should be a time limit that the groups adhere to. Sometimes it seemed like we could have learned more if we just would have had a regular class period instead of a group presentation because students are not as experience in teaching and presenting information as teachers are.

Book material and class lectures.

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The air conditioning in the class was way too cold!

the quizzes were very difficult even though I had been there every day and thought I had a grasp on the information.

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The history of journalism.

Not learning enough about journalistic writing.

Reading the entire chapter of the textbook. Only few parts of each chapter should be highlighted.

readings from the book because we never went over them thoroughly

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I think that the least valuable part of the course (however, there were no real "least valuable" parts), if I had to choose, would be Current Events. I still think it's an important thing to review, but I said that if I had to choose, that would be it.

The textbook.

Working in such a large group for the group presentations was really difficult for me. I would recommend making the group sizes smaller just cause its so hard to get 6 or 7 people together and work on something like that. In my experience, one or two people really ended up doing the majority of the word. But I guess thats life sometimes.

None...

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Fundamentals of journalism since it's the field I am going into.

a better understanding of what journalism and media are all about

i'll check the news more often.

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I really think that staying informed with the news and whats going on today will benefit me not only for this course, but during the course of my life. I will take away from this class the habit of picking up newspapers and actually reading the content for my own well being. I will able to converse with other individuals what is going on and have intellectual conversations because I am informed. I am also thinking about majoring in Journalism/Communications, so this was a great starter course for me to get a feel of what that particular field would be like.

This course was very informative and it helped me decide to major in journalism or not. I'm also taking away from this course that it pays off to watch the news and it's actually extremely important and interesting being able to know what is going on in the country and around the world.

A good knowledge base about media forms and journalism, an improved ability to think critically about the news I read/watch, a respect for journalists and photographers

knowing about all different kinds of media and learning about the different jobs in the media.

i really liked how the course did a lot with current events, it was a great way for me to keep up with what was going on in the world

I have learned that everything in the media has a purpose and that everything is connected to each other; tv, radio, magazines, newspapers, etc.

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A GOOD IDEA AND VIEW OF THE WORKING WORLD, THAT WILL HELP ME WITH MY FUTURE DECISIONS.

I now know how things work behind the scenes in the media, and also the history of the media.

I gained a greater understanding of the media and its relationship with society, and I became a more informed media user because of this class.

just to always check the news story

All the info about the future media and journalism will benifit me if i want to become a journalist.

you have to be quick in this business.

More appreciation for the media

it will help me analyze information i receive from the media

I have a better idea of the field that i want to get into.

I want to enter the academy for creative media, so learning and understanding current events around the world will make me more knowledgeable and I will hopefully be able to incorporate that into my work at the ACM.

The history of Hawaiian newspapers was not something I knew, and I'll definitely use that knowledge. However, I also learned a lot about journalism's backgrounds through the use of those guest speakers, stuff like undercover work declining - which is an obvious thing, but I hadn't really put thought into it.

I learned a lot about Current Events.

I learned to appreciate the media in a different light. I also changed majors, to something I know I will be much more successful in.

It convinced me to pursue a career that will both utilize and build upon the modern media.

I definitely feel that the instructor was very fun, and I appreciated his sense of humor and willingness to show us funny clips that related to what we were talking about. He was also very oranized and kept on top of all our assignments which I think helped me stay more on top of getting things done cause I always knew when things were due cause it was either posted on laulima or our teacher would always make sure we knew well in advance what assignments were going to be due.

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A better understanding for the media and society, news seems more approachable

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Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.91	32	1.12	Freq(%)	1 (3%)	4 (13%)	3 (9%)	13 (41%)	11 (34%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.94	32	1.11	Freq(%)	1 (3%)	3 (9%)	5 (16%)	11 (34%)	12 (38%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.5	32	0.62	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (6%)	12 (38%)	18 (56%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.06	32	1.01	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	4 (13%)	3 (9%)	12 (38%)	13 (41%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.34	32	0.83	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	4 (13%)	10 (31%)	17 (53%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.47	30	0.63	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (7%)	12 (40%)	16 (53%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.9	31	1.11	Freq(%)	1 (3%)	3 (10%)	5 (16%)	11 (35%)	11 (35%)

Organized, helpful, friendly

nervous yet knowledgeable

good-hearted and new.

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Funny Friendly Personable

Talented, informative, and talkative.

Knowledgeable, Approachable, Creative

Nice, unexperienced, well-networked.

knowledgeable, fair, fun

knowledgeable up-to-date organized

Hard worker, but still learning how to teach

ORGANIZED CREATIVE AND REAL

honest genuine fun

Prepared,knowledgeable,easy to approach

humorous, knowledgeable, kind

interesting, knowledgable, funny.

enthusiastic, unorganized, off track

Funny, Interesting, Impressive

passionate (about journalism), meticulous

interesting, enthusiastic

Competent and resourceful

Realistic, in-depth, current

Engaging. Witty.

Very well prepared.

informative, fair

informative, accurate, helpful

organized, experienced, funny

Alternative, Diverse, Organized

attentive and fair

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Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Very Poor	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
4.0	33	1.06	Freq(%)	1 (3%)	2 (6%)	6 (18%)	11 (33%)	13 (39%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.7	33	1.07	Freq(%)	2 (6%)	2 (6%)	7 (21%)	15 (45%)	7 (21%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.03	32	0.82	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	7 (22%)	14 (44%)	10 (31%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.55	33	0.97	Freq(%)	1 (3%)	3 (9%)	11 (33%)	13 (39%)	5 (15%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.55	33	1.15	Freq(%)	2 (6%)	5 (15%)	5 (15%)	15 (45%)	6 (18%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.21	33	0.86	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	6 (18%)	11 (33%)	15 (45%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.52	33	0.67	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (9%)	10 (30%)	20 (61%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.3	33	1.19	Freq(%)	3 (9%)	5 (15%)	9 (27%)	11 (33%)	5 (15%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
3.52	33	1.2	Freq(%)	2 (6%)	4 (12%)	11 (33%)	7 (21%)	9 (27%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
4.0	33	0.94	Freq(%)	0 (0%)	3 (9%)	5 (15%)	14 (42%)	11 (33%)

Mean	N-Size	Std Dev		Very Poor	Poor	Average	Good	Excellent
3.85	33	1.23	Freq(%)	1 (3%)	5 (15%)	6 (18%)	7 (21%)	14 (42%)