Why are you taking this class? - Hanane Ben Abdeslam

Since I started my study “Communication” in The Netherlands, I was more interested in the developments of our society instead of putting a brand on the market. But unfortunately, I couldn’t specialize in this area, so when I saw this course on the list, I knew that I had to take this course. Beside getting more interested in the society, I also want to understand more of someone’s perspective of a situation, person, idea and others. For example, a company is falling down. What kind of an impact does it give to employees, customers, stakeholders and employers when a company is falling down? I had this experience once but I never thought about the effects that it could get to the mentioned persons. To discuss this with my fellow students, I really wonder how they think of this topic and what their opinion is. That’s why I like to discuss things with people because everyone has their own point of view.

Last but not least, I also find the “Wikipedia” assignment really interesting, that we would write a Wikipedia page, in our own words and with our own conclusions because in my home country it was more of a no-go to get your sources from Wikipedia and use it in your papers. For me it is really weird to use Wikipedia as a source because I know that anyone can edit and that there are many people who just want to fool around. Therefore, I still think that Wikipedia is a non-reliable source and maybe it will change my mind after this class…

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