Some commonalities I noticed for why people are taking this classes is that most people either want exposure to media in tech for practical application in things like UI design or development or they have a certain media form that got them interested.
Three common themes I found are games, music, and movies/shows. Below are links attached to people mentioning these three things:
https://saiskotra24.wixsite.com/kavya
https://kirthivel.wixsite.com/kirthi-csce-445-assi
https://sites.google.com/view/csce445assignment1/home
https://shreyasskasetty-tamu.github.io/PersonalWebsite/
I feel like the main revisions I would make is I would categorize them a little more detailedly into actual broader categories. I feel like I gave examples of media, but could categorize better. I also feel like I left out games and focused more on social media sites, whereas games are a big source of media for younger people nowadays.