COA's Media Based Mentor Kiran Vedula sat down with Nicole Newson to discuss the inspiration and background for her new video with Dayz'hane Anderson, "Reflection I."

"In today's hyper-mediated consumer culture, we (young people especially) are constantly bombarded with information, images, and messages that influence our behavior, and serve to construct our sense of reality. Mass media is a very powerful communication tool because it informs us about ourselves, our society, and how we fit in and interact with the world [...]